A public health strategy for living, aging and dying in solidarity designing elder-centered and palliative systems of care, environments, services and supports / Mary Beth Quaranta Morrissey, Melissa Lang, and Barney Newman.

Author/creator Morrissey, Mary Beth Quaranta
Other author Lang, Melissa (Melissa Mary)
Other author Newman, Barney.
Format Electronic
Publication InfoLondon ; New York : Routledge, 2018.
Descriptionxiv, 248 pages : illustrations, map ; 25 cm.
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Subjects

Contents Social ecology of aging : critical theoretical perspectives in aging and public health policy for the twenty-first century -- Philosophic science theory : toward a phenomenology of a maternal cosmos in light of suffering -- Paradigm shifts in delivery systems and financing -- Moving from fragmentation to integrated community-based services -- Development of elder-centered systems of care -- Evolution of financing models and impact on quality and services for older adults -- Challenges of policy implementation : examples from the field -- Landscape for new models of care : designing best practices and environments -- The palliative turn in elder-centered care : interdisciplinary palliative and end-of-life care -- Practical ethics and ethics committees a more humanistic approach to relational decision making -- Setting the stage for transforming elder care -- Policy recommendations for more compassionate elder care : systems reform, social justice and sustainable social solidarity.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
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Technical detailsMode of access: World Wide Web
Genre/formElectronic books.
LCCN 2018005541
ISBN9781498761345 (hardback)
ISBNebook