Caring and well-being
Subtitle: a lifeworld approach
By: Kathleen Galvin and Les Todres
Contributors: Todres, Les, 1953-
Series: Routledge studies in the sociology of health and illness
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2013
Place of publication: Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon; New York, NY
Language: eng
Number of pages: 205
ISBN-13: 9780415504607; 9780203082898
Subjects: Social aspects; Social medicine; Public health; Health
Description: Health and illness is often measured in policy documents in economic terms, and clinical outcomes are enmeshed in statistical data, with the patient.s experience left to one side. This stimulating book is concerned with how to humanise health and social care and keep the person at the centre of practice.