Well-being at the end of life reimagining palliative care Julian Abel, Allan Kellehear

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Abel, Julian, author.

Kellehear, Allan, 1955- author.

Series:

End-of-life care

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Palliative treatment--Social aspects.

Palliative treatment.

Palliative treatment--Psychological aspects.

Well-being.

Palliative Care.

Medical Subjects:

Palliative Care.

Physical Description:

1 online resource

illustration

monochrome

Place of Publication:

Columbia University Press (Lightning Source), 2026.

New York Columbia University Press [2026]

Summary:

The field of palliative care promises support for a dying person's physical, psychological, social, and spiritual needs, as well as the needs of family and community. Has this powerful vision been achieved? This state-of-the-field book argues that palliative care has drifted away from its transformative goals--and shows what to do about it. Bringing together leading international scholars and practitioners, Well-Being at the End of Life demonstrates how contemporary palliative care has slowly but surely strayed from its original values and practices. The provision of palliative care now reflects institutional, medicalized, and health-service priorities. Increasingly, it has become solely clinical, confined and constrained by clinical service considerations and limitations. Those at the end of life are all too often viewed as patients to be treated instead of people with whom care providers must create collaboration, participation, and partnerships. Contributors call for a paradigm shift in the values and priorities of palliative care to emphasize the importance of community to personal well-being. Drawing on the concept of health promotion, they advance a shared vision that merges the principles of public health with those of palliative care. Reimagining the field to foreground compassion and interdependence, Well-Being at the End of Life offers a new approach that puts community and professional partnerships at the heart of its practice

Contents:

Frontmatter Contents Foreword / Stephen R. Connor Preface / Julian Abel, Allan Kellehear 1. Reimagination and Reform: The Case for Change in Palliative Care / Julian Abel, Allan Kellehear 2. Healthcare Reimagined / Julian Abel, Allan Kellehear, Julianne Holt-Lunstad, Nicole Pitcher, Steven W. Cole, Dacher Keltner 3. Palliative Care Reimagined / Julian Abel, Allan Kellehear, Mary Lou Kelley 4. Palliative Care: The New Essentials / Julian Abel, Allan Kellehear, Aliki Karapliagou 5. Palliative Curriculum Reimagined / Julian Abel, Allan Kellehear 6. Future Care Planning Reimagined / Julian Abel, Allan Kellehear, Mark Taubert, Helen Kingston 7. Palliative Care Access Reimagined / Julian Abel, Allan Kellehear, Jason Mills, Manjula Patel, Vishanthie Sewpaul 8. Bereavement Care Reimagined / Julian Abel, Allan Kellehear, Samar Aoun 9. Palliative Care Research Reimagined / Julian Abel, Allan Kellehear, Matilda Garrido, Emma Hodges, Joseph Sawyer, Chris Peterson 10. Dying and Death Reimagined / Julian Abel, Allan Kellehear 11. Public Health Reimagined / Julian Abel, Allan Kellehear 12. Redefining Palliative Care for the Future / Julian Abel, Allan Kellehear Appendix:The Compassionate City Charter Contributors Index

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index

Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on May 08, 2026)

Other Format:

Print version

ISBN:

9780231561204

0231561202

9780231565325

0231565321

OCLC:

1585500620

Publisher Number:

CIPO000365489

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license