Palliative Care, Social Work, and Service Users : Making Life Possible.

By: Beresford, PeterContributor(s): Adshead, Lesley | Croft, SuzyMaterial type: TextTextPublisher: London : Jessica Kingsley Publishers, 2006Copyright date: ©2006Description: 1 online resource (270 pages)Content type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9781846425738Subject(s): Care of the sick | Palliative treatment | Social work with the terminally illGenre/Form: Electronic books.Additional physical formats: Print version:: Palliative Care, Social Work, and Service Users : Making Life PossibleDDC classification: 362.175 LOC classification: HV3000.B47 2007Online resources: Click to View
Contents:
Cover -- Palliative Care, Social Work and Service Users: Making Life Possible -- CONTENTS -- Foreword by Dorothy Rowe -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- Part One: The Background to Palliative Care Social Work -- Chapter 1: Palliative Care: A New Perspective -- Part Two: What Service Users Say -- Chapter 2: Becoming Involved with Palliative Care -- Chapter 3: Starting the Palliative Care Social Work Journey -- Chapter 4: What Does the Social Worker Do? -- Chapter 5: What Service Users Value Most -- Chapter 6: Working with Difference -- Chapter 7: Exploring Outcomes: Eavulating Specialist Palliative Care Social Work -- Part Three: Developing the Discussion -- Chapter 8: Accessing Specialist Palliative Care Work: A Broader Image Problem? -- Chapter 9: The Problem of Referral -- Chapter 10: The nature, Strengths and Weaknesses of Practice -- Chapter 11: Theory and Practice -- Chapter 12: Specialist Palliative Care Social Work: A Service in the Shadows? -- Chapter 13: Issues for the Future -- Appendix 1: How We Carried Out the Research -- Appendix 2: The Interview Schedule -- References -- Subject Index -- Author Index.
Summary: This unique book provides a rare look at social work and palliative care from the perspective of service users. Drawing on new original research, the authors examine service users' experiences, tracking their journeys through it, exploring the care they receive and the effects of culture and difference through their first hand comments and ideas.
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Cover -- Palliative Care, Social Work and Service Users: Making Life Possible -- CONTENTS -- Foreword by Dorothy Rowe -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- Part One: The Background to Palliative Care Social Work -- Chapter 1: Palliative Care: A New Perspective -- Part Two: What Service Users Say -- Chapter 2: Becoming Involved with Palliative Care -- Chapter 3: Starting the Palliative Care Social Work Journey -- Chapter 4: What Does the Social Worker Do? -- Chapter 5: What Service Users Value Most -- Chapter 6: Working with Difference -- Chapter 7: Exploring Outcomes: Eavulating Specialist Palliative Care Social Work -- Part Three: Developing the Discussion -- Chapter 8: Accessing Specialist Palliative Care Work: A Broader Image Problem? -- Chapter 9: The Problem of Referral -- Chapter 10: The nature, Strengths and Weaknesses of Practice -- Chapter 11: Theory and Practice -- Chapter 12: Specialist Palliative Care Social Work: A Service in the Shadows? -- Chapter 13: Issues for the Future -- Appendix 1: How We Carried Out the Research -- Appendix 2: The Interview Schedule -- References -- Subject Index -- Author Index.

This unique book provides a rare look at social work and palliative care from the perspective of service users. Drawing on new original research, the authors examine service users' experiences, tracking their journeys through it, exploring the care they receive and the effects of culture and difference through their first hand comments and ideas.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2018. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.

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