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The Cultures of Caregiving: Conflict and Common Ground among Families, Health Professionals, and Policy Makers
Carol Levine (Ed.)
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Description for The Cultures of Caregiving: Conflict and Common Ground among Families, Health Professionals, and Policy Makers
Paperback. , Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health; Rick Surpin, Independence Care System. Editor(s): Levine, Carol; Murray, Thomas H. Num Pages: 216 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JKSB; MBP. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 12. Weight in Grams: 324.
As the population ages and the health care system focuses on cost-containment, family caregivers have become the frontline providers of most long-term and chronic care. Patient care at home falls mainly on untrained and unprepared family members, who struggle to adjust to the new roles, responsibilities, and expenses. Because the culture of family caregivers-their values, priorities, and relationships to the patient-often differs markedly from that of professionals, the result can be conflict and misunderstanding. In The Cultures of Caregiving, Carol Levine and Thomas Murray bring together accomplished physicians, nurses, social workers, and policy experts to examine the differences and conflicts ... Read more
As the population ages and the health care system focuses on cost-containment, family caregivers have become the frontline providers of most long-term and chronic care. Patient care at home falls mainly on untrained and unprepared family members, who struggle to adjust to the new roles, responsibilities, and expenses. Because the culture of family caregivers-their values, priorities, and relationships to the patient-often differs markedly from that of professionals, the result can be conflict and misunderstanding. In The Cultures of Caregiving, Carol Levine and Thomas Murray bring together accomplished physicians, nurses, social workers, and policy experts to examine the differences and conflicts ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Number of pages
216
Condition
New
Number of Pages
216
Place of Publication
Baltimore, MD, United States
ISBN
9780801887710
SKU
V9780801887710
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About Carol Levine (Ed.)
Carol Levine is director of the Families and Health Care Project of the United Hospital Fund in New York. Thomas H. Murray is president of the Hastings Center.
Reviews for The Cultures of Caregiving: Conflict and Common Ground among Families, Health Professionals, and Policy Makers
This text would be helpful for teaching students in medicine, nursing, social work, and health care administration.
Tina Kenyon, ACSW Family Medicine 2005 This book can be recommended to family caregivers, health care staff, and policy-makers-as well as to those teaching courses in health care, policy, and gerontology.
Anne P. Glass Journal of Women and Aging 2006 A ... Read more
Tina Kenyon, ACSW Family Medicine 2005 This book can be recommended to family caregivers, health care staff, and policy-makers-as well as to those teaching courses in health care, policy, and gerontology.
Anne P. Glass Journal of Women and Aging 2006 A ... Read more