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Author Boom, Hannerieke van der.

Title 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 / Hannerieke van der Boom
Published Amsterdam : Aksant, 2008

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Description 1 online resource (352 pages) : illustrations
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
Chapter 5 Home nursing in France- A weak domain in-between the state, the medical and hospital domain and the familyChapter 6 Home nursing in the Netherlands- Changes in health care and society affecting the character of the home nursing profession; Chapter 7 Home nursing in Germany- A medically oriented health care system and strong reliance on the family; Chapter 8 Conclusion and discussion- The home nursing domain and profession from a comparative and contextual perspective; References; Summary
Summary 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 caregiving to frail, elderly people in Denmark, France, the Netherlands, and Germany. For each country, characteristic features of professional and informal elderly care are described, specifically focusing on home nursing. Differences in home nursing in these four countries are described from a broad sociol
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 324-341)
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Subject Home nursing -- Europe
Older people -- Care -- Europe
Older people.
Cross-cultural studies.
Home Care Services -- organization & administration
Aged
Cross-Cultural Comparison
Health Services for the Aged
Home Nursing -- organization & administration
elderly.
MEDICAL -- Home Care.
MEDICAL -- Nursing -- Home & Community Care.
Older people
Cross-cultural studies
Home nursing
Older people -- Care
Hauspflege
Internationaler Vergleich
SUBJECT Europe. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85045631
Europe https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D005060
Subject Europe
Westeuropa
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9789048521180
9048521181
1283259621
9781283259620
9786613259622
6613259624