Transforming Palliative Care in Nursing Homes: The Social Work Role

by Mercedes Bern-Klug

Book Overview

The teacher and gerontological social work scholar Mercedes Bern-Klug joins experts on nursing, law, medicine, sociology, and social work to provide a thorough understanding of nursing home palliative care. Their broad definition of palliative care treats comfort care as appropriate across the illness experience, not just at the end of life.

Because a majority of nursing home residents are older adults facing multiple, advanced chronic conditions,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0231132255
• ISBN13: 9780231132251
• Release Date: February 2010
• Publisher: Columbia University Press
• Length: 376 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.9" x 8.8"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher