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Reflections on palliative care — sociological and policy perspectives
Author(s)	David Clark, Jane Seymour
Publisher	Open University Press, Buckingham, 1999
Pages	213 pp (Facing death)
Source	Open University Press, Celtic Court, 22 Ballmoor, Buckingham MK18 1XW.
Keywords	Terminal care ; Pain ; Death ; Policy ; Sociology, Social Science.
Annotation	The book, organised into four parts, is aimed primarily at students of palliative care, but is also likely to be of interest to practitioners, policy-makers and researchers. Part I considers death and dying as social phenomena; it explores questions of ageing, informal care, bereavement and end-of-life care ethics (including euthanasia). Part II examines the philosophy and practice of palliative care; it defines the "good death", the limits of palliation, and routinization and medicalization. Analysis in Part III shifts to broader questions of policy affecting palliative care and its delivery not only in hospices, but also in hospitals, at home and in institutional settings. The future of palliative care in the context of recent policy decisions - such as the 1997 White Paper, "The new NHS: modern, dependable" (Cm 3708) - is considered in Part IV. (RH).
Accession Number	CPA-001215210 B
Classmark	LV: CT7: CW: QAD: S
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