Family carers in palliative care : a guide for health and social care professionals / edited by Peter Hudson, Sheila Payne.
Material type: TextPublication details: Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2008.Description: 240 p. ; 24 cmISBN:- 9780199216901 (pbk.) :
- 9780199216901 (Paper)
- Caregivers
- Terminally ill -- Family relationships
- Families of the terminally ill
- Palliative treatment
- Terminally ill -- Home care
- Palliative medicine
- Medical counselling
- Terminal care nursing
- Health psychology
- Social work
- Social services & welfare, criminology
- Health and Wellbeing
- Palliative Care -- methods
- Family Relations
- 616.029 HUD
- R726.8
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
Communicating with family carers / Barbara Monroe and David Oliviere -- Understanding the social and cultural dimensions of family caregiving / Allan Kellehear -- Responding to family carers\' spiritual needs / Rosalie Hudson -- Policy initiatives for family carers / Hilary Arksey and Anne Corden -- Family carers in resource-poor countries / Jennifer Hunt -- Family carers : ethical and legal issues / Michael Ashby and Danuta Mendelson -- Assessing family carer satisfaction with healthcare delivery / Kevin Brazil -- Family caregiving in hospitals and palliative -- Care units / Betty Ferrell, Tami Borneman and Chan Thai -- Family caregiving in the home / Kelli Stajduhar and Robin Cohen -- Family carers of older people confronting -- Life-threatening illness / Mike Nolan and Rosalie Hudson -- Family carers of children confronting life-threatening illness / Sharon De Graves and Jenny Hynson -- Family carers of people with advanced cancer / Donna Milne and Karen Quinn -- Family carers of people with advanced organ failure and neurodegenerative disorders / Janice Brown and Julia Addington-Hall -- Support for bereaved family carers / Sheila Payne and Liz Rolls -- The future of family caregiving : research, social policy and clinical practice / Peter Hudson and Sheila Payne.
Family carers often play a major role in the care of their dying relative and are prone to negative physical, social, financial and psychological outcomes. It is essential that palliative care professionals can provide care to the relative as well as the patient, and this book offers a practical guide to family carer assessment and support.