Caring and Well-being: A Lifeworld Approach

by Kathleen M. Galvin and Les Todres

Something is missing in contemporary health and social care. Health and illness is often measured in policy documents in economic terms, and clinical outcomes are enmeshed in statistical data, with the patient's experience left to one side. This stimulating book is concerned with how to humanise health and social care and keep the person at the centre of practice.

Caring and Well-Being opens by articulating Galvin and Todres' innovative...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0415504600
• ISBN13: 9780415504607
• Release Date: October 2012
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 1.08 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.2"