| Description |
1 online resource (353 pages) |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Notes |
Print version record |
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Home nursing -- Europe
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Older people.
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Cross-cultural studies.
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Home Care Services -- organization & administration
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Aged
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Cross-Cultural Comparison
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Health Services for the Aged
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Home Nursing -- organization & administration
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Aged, 80 and over
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elderly.
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Older people
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Cross-cultural studies
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Home nursing
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| SUBJECT |
Europe. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85045631
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Europe |
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Europe
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9789048521180 |
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9048521181 |
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1283259621 |
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9781283259620 |
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