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Death, Dying, and Social Differences 2nd Edition
Author(s): David Oliviere (Author), Barbara Monroe (Editor), Sheila Payne (Editor)
- Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
- Publication Date: 20 Feb. 2012
- Edition: 2nd
- Language: English
- Print length: 236 pages
- ISBN-10: 0199599297
- ISBN-13: 9780199599295
Book Description
This book explores what underpins inequality, disadvantage and injustice in access to good end of life care. Increasingly clinicians, policy planners, and academics are concerned about inequity in service provision. Internationally, there is an increasing focus and sense of urgency both on delivering good care in all settings regardless of diagnosis, and on better meeting the needs of vulnerable and disadvantaged groups.
National initiatives emphasise the importance of resolving disparities in care and harnessing empowered user voices to drive change. 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.
Editorial Reviews
Review
The book illustrates well the diverse, multi-cultural, multi-faith and wide-ranging family structures in the UK today – as well as providing significant examples of social inequalities that may impinge on access to good quality palliative care. ―
St Christopher’s HospiceAbout the Author
David has spoken widely internationally. His special interests include user involvement, culture and ethnicity, work with families, staff stress and teaching skills. He is Visiting Professor at the School of Health and Social Sciences, Middlesex University.
Barbara has been a social worker for over 30 years. She joined St Christopher’s Hospice in 1987 and became Chief Executive in 2000. She is founder and Director of the Candle children’s bereavement project at St Christopher’s and was Chair of the national Childhood Bereavement Network for eight years. She is Module Leader on the MSc in Palliative Care and Policy run jointly by St Christopher’s and King’s College London. Barbara is a well-known speaker and lecturer and has delivered training programmes across the world. She has written extensively about psychological and social aspects of palliative care and sits on a variety of national committees supporting the development of end of life care. Barbara is an Honorary Professor at the International Observatory on End of Life Care at Lancaster University and has a long term interest in how we achieve ‘good enough’ end of life care for all. She was appointed Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire in the Queen’s Birthday Honours List 2010.
Sheila Payne is a health psychologist with a background in nursing. She holds honorary visiting chairs at Monash University, Melbourne, Australia and Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland. Professor Payne has a long track record in palliative care research and scholarship. Her research agenda focuses on palliative and end-of-life care for older people and bereavement support. She holds a number of major grants in these areas and has supervised over 20 PhD students. She teaches on research methods and has co-edited a textbook on research methods in palliative care. She is Director of the NCRI funded Cancer Experiences Collaborative. She is Vice President of the European Association of Palliative Care and president elect from 2011. Sheila has published widely in academic and professional journals, written eleven books, and formerly edited (with Sandra Horn) the ‘Health Psychology’ book series published by the Open University Press.
