Death, dying, and social differences
Barbara Monroe (Editor), David Oliviere (Editor), Sheila Payne (Editor)
This newly expanded, fully revised second edition, with 11 new chapters, provides a comprehensive analysis of discrimination, difference and disadvantage in end of life care, and offers practical guidance for all who seek to support the equitable provision of good end of life care.
x, 226 s. : illustrations
9780199599295, 0199599297
1008872392
Foreword ; PART ONE ; 1. Social differences - the challenge for palliative care ; 2. The emergence of new forms of dying in contemporary societies ; 3. Social inequality in dying ; 4. Place and space: geographic perspectives on death and dying ; 5. Communication, information and support ; 6. Poverty and finance ; 7. Embracing diversity at the end of life ; 8. Disability and the death and dying agenda ; PART TWO ; 9. Death and dying in older people ; 10. Vulnerable adults and families ; 11. Dying as a teenager or young person ; 12. People with intellectual disabilities ; 13. Mental health needs ; 14. People with dementia ; 15. Homeless people ; 16. Travellers' death and dying ; 17. Asylum seekers and refugees ; 18. Palliative care for substance abusers ; 19. Family carers and social difference ; 20. Sexual orientation ; 21. Palliative care for prisoners ; 22. Bereavement - a world of difference ; Afterword
Previous edition: 2004