Family carers in palliative care : a guide for health and social care professionals
Payne, SheilaContributor
Hudson, Peter,1965-Contributor
Oxford : Oxford University Press,
c2009.
Family carers often play a major role in the care of their dying relative and are prone to negative physical, social, financial and psychological outcomes. It is essential that palliative care professionals can provide care to the relative as well as the patient, and this book offers a practical guide to family carer assessment and support.
Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
Family carers often play a major role in the care of their dying relative and are prone to negative physical, social, financial and psychological outcomes. It is essential that palliative care professionals can provide care to the relative as well as the patient, and this book offers a practical guide to family carer assessment and support.
Description based on print version record.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Communicating with family carers / Barbara Monroe and David Oliviere -- Understanding the social and cultural dimensions of family caregiving / Allan Kellehear -- Responding to family carers' spiritual needs / Rosalie Hudson -- Policy initiatives for family carers / Hilary Arksey and Anne Corden -- Family carers in resource-poor countries / Jennifer Hunt -- Family carers : ethical and legal issues / Michael Ashby and Danuta Mendelson -- Assessing family carer satisfaction with healthcare delivery / Kevin Brazil -- Family caregiving in hospitals and palliative -- Care units / Betty Ferrell, Tami Borneman and Chan Thai -- Family caregiving in the home / Kelli Stajduhar and Robin Cohen -- Family carers of older people confronting -- Life-threatening illness / Mike Nolan and Rosalie Hudson -- Family carers of children confronting life-threatening illness / Sharon De Graves and Jenny Hynson -- Family carers of people with advanced cancer / Donna Milne and Karen Quinn -- Family carers of people with advanced organ failure and neurodegenerative disorders / Janice Brown and Julia Addington-Hall -- Support for bereaved family carers / Sheila Payne and Liz Rolls -- The future of family caregiving : research, social policy and clinical practice / Peter Hudson and Sheila Payne.
Palliative treatment
Terminally ill
Terminally ill
Caregivers
Patient Care
Investigative Techniques
Family
Health Services
Psychology, Social
Therapeutics
Analytical, Diagnostic and Therapeutic Techniques and Equipment
Health Care Facilities, Manpower, and Services
Behavior and Behavior Mechanisms
Health Care
Psychiatry and Psychology
Palliative Care
Methods
Family Relations
Medicine
Health & Biological Sciences
Palliative Care