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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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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Van der Boom, Hannerieke
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Amsterdam : Amsterdam University Press, 2009.
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Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • 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.