Home nursing in Europe : Patterns of professionalisation and institutionalisation of home care and family care to elderly people in Denmark, France, the Netherlands and Germany.

The increase in the number and life expectancy of elderly people is a general trend across Europe. Each country responds differently to the increased demands for elderly care, due to differences in their socio-cultural, political, and historical backgrounds. This book describes patterns of caregivin...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Van der Boom, Hannerieke
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Amsterdam : Amsterdam University Press, 2009.
Temas:
Home nursing > Europe.
Older people.
Cross-cultural studies.
Home Care Services > organization & administration
Aged
Cross-Cultural Comparison
Health Services for the Aged
Home Nursing > organization & administration
Aged, 80 and over
Soins infirmiers à domicile > Europe.
Personnes âgées.
Études transculturelles.
elderly.
Older people
Cross-cultural studies
Home nursing
Europe.
Europe
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Home nursing in Europe; Contents; Chapter 1 A comparative and contextual perspective on home nursing in Europe; Chapter 2 Theoretical perspectives on professions and home nursing- Perspectives in the sociology of professions; Chapter 3 Overview chapter on home care provision, healthcare systems and demographic characteristics of the four countries; Chapter 4 The home nursing domain in Denmark- The generalist nurse and community-based welfare state provision of integrated elderly care.

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