DEATH, DYING, AND SOCIAL DIFFERENCES
David Oliviere and Barbara Monroe (Eds)
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Oxford University Press, 2004
205pp
ISBN 0-19-852775-6
RRP £24.95 $US 39.95
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How often in palliative care do you hear patients referred to as “a case of this” or “a case of that”? This book serves as a timely reminder that palliative care must be able to respond
appropriately to patients from a variety of social circumstances and communities and that each individual’s treatment should be appropriate to their social context. It underlines how important
the social background is and presents discussions of what is appropriate end-of-life care related to poverty, social class, gender, sexuality, age, ethnicity and religion, as well as the circumstances
of patients and carers who have disabilities, experience psychiatric illness, are refugees, are subject to abuse, or who are prisoners. I found this book very thought-provoking and a timely reminder
of the flexibility needed for truly holistic person-centered care.
Roger Woodruff
Director of Palliative Care, Austin Hospital, Melbourne, Australia
Author Information
David Oliviere is Director of Education and Training, St. Christopher’s Hospice, London, UK
Barbara Monroe is Chief Executive, St. Christopher’s Hospice, London, UK
Table of Contents
1. Introduction: working with death, dying, and differences
2. Social class, poverty, and social exclusion
3. Minority ethnic communities and religious groups
4. Sexual identity – gender and sexual orientation
5. Older people
6. Mental health needs
7. Disability
8. Abuse
9. Offenders
10. Refugees
11. Finances
12. Carers and caregivers
Index
