Family carers in palliative care
Subtitle: a guide for health and social care professionals
By: edited by Peter Hudson, Sheila Payne.
Contributors: Hudson, Peter, 1965-; Payne, Sheila, 1954-
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Oxford; New York
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780199216901
Subjects: Palliative treatment; Terminally ill -- Home care; Terminally ill -- Family relationships; Caregivers; Palliative Care -- methods; Family Relations
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Communicating with family carers / Barbara Monroe and David Oliviere; title: Understanding the social and cultural dimensions of family caregiving / Allan Kellehear; title: Responding to family carers' spiritual needs / Rosalie Hudson; title: Policy initiatives for family carers / Hilary Arksey and Anne Corden; title: Family carers in resource-poor countries / Jennifer Hunt; title: Family carers : ethical and legal issues / Michael Ashby and Danuta Mendelson; title: Assessing family carer satisfaction with healthcare delivery / Kevin Brazil; title: Family caregiving in hospitals and palliative; title: Care units / Betty Ferrell, Tami Borneman and Chan Thai; title: Family caregiving in the home / Kelli Stajduhar and Robin Cohen; title: Family carers of older people confronting; title: Life-threatening illness / Mike Nolan and Rosalie Hudson; title: Family carers of children confronting life-threatening illness / Sharon De Graves and Jenny Hynson; title: Family carers of people with advanced cancer / Donna Milne and Karen Quinn; title: Family carers of people with advanced organ failure and neurodegenerative disorders / Janice Brown and Julia Addington-Hall; title: Support for bereaved family carers / Sheila Payne and Liz Rolls; title: The future of family caregiving : research, social policy and clinical practice / Peter Hudson and Sheila Payne.