Key Policy Issues in Long Term Care
Subtitle: (World Health Organization Collection on Long-Term Care)
Contributors: Jenny Brodsky (Other Contributor)
Publisher: World Health Organization
Published: January 2003
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 270
ISBN-13: 9789241562256
Subjects: Health systems & services; Social welfare & social services; Health Care Delivery; Public Health; Medical / Nursing
First sentence: Informal care - unpaid care by relatives and friends - is the dominant form of care of disabled persons throughout the world, despite the considerable burdens that it places on those who do it.