TY - BOOK
T1 - Palliative care for older people
T2 - a public health perspective
A2 - Block, Lieve Van den
A2 - Albers, Gwenda
A2 - Pereira, Sandra Martins
A2 - Onwuteaka-Philipsen, Bregje
A2 - Pasman, Roeline
A2 - Deliens, Luc
PY - 2015/5/1
Y1 - 2015/5/1
N2 - Populations around the world are ageing rapidly; a growing number of people will live to older ages, will experience multiple and complex chronic conditions, and will need some form of care towards the end of their lives. The ageing of society is becoming a major public health issue, posing challenges to social and health care structures in many countries. This book demonstrates the added value of palliative care which, although traditionally focused on cancer and the very end of life, can play a role in strengthening and complementing the care of older people. The book outlines the current state of worldwide policy work, research, and innovations in the field of public health and palliative care for older people and concludes with recommendations for policy and decision makers, at international and national level, to support integrating palliative care widely into health care systems in order to improve access to and quality of palliative care for older people.
AB - Populations around the world are ageing rapidly; a growing number of people will live to older ages, will experience multiple and complex chronic conditions, and will need some form of care towards the end of their lives. The ageing of society is becoming a major public health issue, posing challenges to social and health care structures in many countries. This book demonstrates the added value of palliative care which, although traditionally focused on cancer and the very end of life, can play a role in strengthening and complementing the care of older people. The book outlines the current state of worldwide policy work, research, and innovations in the field of public health and palliative care for older people and concludes with recommendations for policy and decision makers, at international and national level, to support integrating palliative care widely into health care systems in order to improve access to and quality of palliative care for older people.
KW - Palliative care
KW - Public health
KW - Older people
KW - Ageing
KW - End of life
KW - Policy making
KW - Health care structures
U2 - 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780198717614.001.0001
DO - 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780198717614.001.0001
M3 - Edited book
SN - 9780198717614
BT - Palliative care for older people
PB - Oxford University Press
ER -
