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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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Amsterdam :
Aksant,
2008.
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| Online Access: | CONNECT |
| 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. |
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| Item Description: | EBSCO eBook Academic Comprehensive Collection North America |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (352 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 324-341). |
| ISBN: | 9789048521180 9048521181 1283259621 9781283259620 9786613259622 6613259624 |
