Psychosocial Issues in Palliative Care: A Community Based Approach for Life Limiting Illness

ISBN-13: 9780198806677 / Angielski / Miękka / 2018 / 256 str.

Mari Lloyd-Williams

Opis

This new edition examines the current provision of psychosocial support, taking into account the community approaches of psychosocial care, the role of volunteers in supporting psychosocial needs, and the needs of the frail elderly. It is essential reading for the fields of medicine, nursing, social work, chaplaincy, and primary care.

Recenzje

Psychosocial issues in palliative care: A community based approach for life limiting illness should be at arm's reach on the book shelf of every discerning palliative care professional.

O autorze

Professor Mari Lloyd-Williams qualified from Leicester University medical school. She was appointed Consultant and Honorary Senior Lecturer to the University of Leicester Hospitals Trust and LOROs Hospice prior to moving to the University of Liverpool as Consultant and Senior Lecturer. ln 2003 Mari was promoted to a personal chair. She has published over 150 papers and lectures both nationally and internationally and is lead of the highly successful Academic Palliative and Supportive Care Studies Group. Mari has served on several national committees and working parties and lives with her family in North Wales where she enjoys cooking, reading and long walks in the countryside.