| Palliative Care, Social Work and Service Users: Making Life Possible Contributor(s): Croft, Suzy (Author), Beresford, Peter (Author), Adshead, Lesley (Author) |
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ISBN: 1843104652 ISBN-13: 9781843104650 Publisher: Jessica Kingsley Publishers OUR PRICE: $45.55 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: January 2007 Annotation: This unique book provides a rare look at social work and palliative care from the perspective of the service user. It is also the first to investigate specialist palliative care social work from this viewpoint. Drawing on new original research, the authors examine service users? experiences of social work and palliative care, investigating in particular the effects of culture and difference on this experience and analyzing care based on the users? remarks. The writers then link service users? comments to broader debates and developments in social work and consider the relevance of the book's findings to the formation of policy and practice. A groundbreaking text, Palliative Care, Social Work and Service Users will be of particular interest to social work professionals, palliative care workers, researchers and policy makers. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Medical | Terminal Care - Social Science | Social Work |
| Dewey: 362.175 |
| LCCN: 2006020067 |
| Physical Information: 0.69" H x 6.34" W x 9.14" (0.91 lbs) 272 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This unique book provides a rare look at social work and palliative care from the perspective of service users. It is the first to investigate specialist palliative care social work from this viewpoint. Drawing on new original research, the authors examine service users' experiences of social work and palliative care, tracking their journeys through it, exploring the care they receive and the effects of culture and difference through their first hand comments and ideas. The writers link service users' critiques with broader debates and developments in social work and palliative care and consider the implications of the book's findings for the formation of policy and practice and for future professional education and training. A groundbreaking text, Palliative Care, Social Work and Service Users is of particular value to social work professionals, palliative care workers, educators, researchers and policy makers. |
Contributor Bio(s): Croft, Suzy: - Suzy Croft is a senior social worker at St. John's Palliative Care Centre and Research Fellow at the Centre for Citizen Participation at Brunel University. She is a trustee of two leading UK palliative care organisations and she is a member of the editorial collective of Critical Social Policy.Adshead, Lesley: - Lesley Adshead is a research associate at Birkbeck, University of London. She was formerly a senior social worker at St John's Palliative Care Centre and taught Specialist Palliative Care Social Work at Middlesex University. |