Compassionate Communities: Case Studies from Britain and Europe

by Allan Kellehear and Katharina Heimerl

Book Overview

Compassionate communities are communities that provide assistance for those in need of end of life care, separate from any official heath service provision that may already be available within the community. This idea was developed in 2005 in Allan Kellehear's seminal volume- Compassionate Cities: Public Health and End of Life Care. In the ensuing ten years the theoretical aspects of the idea have been continually explored, primarily rehearsing...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1138832790
• ISBN13: 9781138832794
• Release Date: July 2015
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 222 Pages
• Weight: 1.14 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.2"