Description
Ground breaking work from a well respected academic in death and bereavement studies
Ties in to debates about Health Cities (UK) and Compassionate Care Coalitions (US) and new palliative care guidelines in Australia
The introduction of health promotion/public health ideas into palliative care and bereavement care is a new approach with few other books on the topic
Table of Contents
Acknowledgements Preface 1.The Social Roots of Organised Care for the Dying 2. Current Approaches to End-of-Life Care 3. Theoretical Foundations of Compassionate Cities 4. Policies of Compassionate Cities 5. The Social Character of Compassionate Cities 6. Threats to Compassionate Cities 7. Implementation: Making it Happen 8. Action Strategies 9. The Future: A Third Wave Public Health? Bibliography
