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 Info | London ; New York : Routledge, 2018. |
| Description | xiv, 248 pages : illustrations, map ; 25 cm. |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from Taylor & Francis eBooks |
| 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 note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2018005541 |
| ISBN | 9781498761345 (hardback) |
| ISBN | ebook |