Cover; RETHINKING PALLIATIVECARE; Contents; Acknowledgements; List of abbreviations; 1. Origin of the argument; 2. Paradigm of care; 3. Palliative care; 4. Social Role Valorisation; 5. Implications for palliative care; 6. An ideal palliative care model; 7. Reconceptualising death; 8. The choice; References; Index
Summary
This book's striking message is that palliative care does not deliver on its aims to value people who are dying and make death and dying a natural part of life. Applying Social Role Valorisation, it argues for the de-institutionalisation of palliative care and recommends an alternative framework to current approaches
