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 / / Hannerieke van der Boom
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Boom Hannerieke van der
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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 / / Hannerieke van der Boom
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| Pubblicazione: | Amsterdam, : Aksant, 2008 |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (353 pages) |
| Disciplina: | 301 |
| 610.7343 | |
| Soggetto topico: | Home nursing - Europe |
| Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references. |
| Nota di contenuto: | 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 |
| Chapter 5 Home nursing in France- A weak domain in-between the state, the medical and hospital domain and the family; Chapter 6 Home nursing in the Netherlands- Changes in health care and society affecting the character of the home nursing profession; Chapter 7 Home nursing in Germany- A medically oriented health care system and strong reliance on the family; Chapter 8 Conclusion and discussion- The home nursing domain and profession from a comparative and contextual perspective; References; Summary | |
| Sommario/riassunto: | 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 |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Home nursing in Europe |
| ISBN: | 1-283-25962-1 |
| 9786613259622 | |
| 90-485-2118-1 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910808101903321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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