Compassionate cities
Subtitle: public health and end-of-life care
By: Allan Kellehear.
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2005
Place of publication: Milton Park, Oxfordshire; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 179
Subjects: Terminal care -- Social aspects; Palliative treatment -- Social aspects; Community health services; Health planning; Urban health; Community Health Services; Terminal Care; Community Health Planning; Health Promotion; Palliative Care; Social Support
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The social roots of organised care for the dying; title: Current approaches to end-of-life care; title: Theoretical foundations of compassionate cities; title: Policies of compassionate cities; title: The social character of compassionate cities; title: Threats to compassionate cities; title: Implementation : making it happen; title: Action strategies; title: The future: a third wave public health?