Rethinking palliative care: A social role valorisation approach [Paperback]

Paul Sinclair (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 1861349211 | ISBN-13: 978-1861349217 | Publication Date: April 4, 2007

This book's striking message is that palliative care does not deliver on its aims of valuing people who are dying, and making death and dying a part of natural life. The author argues for the de-institutionalization of palliative care and the development of an alternative framework to the institutional approaches found in hospices, palliative care units, and community-based palliative care services. Using the theory of Social Role Valorization, the book investigates the way in which palliative care perpetuates the social devaluation of people who are dying. It recommends a series of pivotal changes in the approach of palliative care workers. Rethinking Palliative Care provides an original and extensive critique, and challenges the received wisdom about the hospice movement which is a topic of worldwide interest.

Editorial Reviews

Review

"This book successfully makes the connection between two networks, each with their own theoretical and practical influences. Social Role Valorization (SRV) theory has had major effects on services for people with intellectual disabilities in a number of countries, not without controversy. The world of palliative care has equally seen much theoretical and practical debate, not least when it focuses on vulnerable people and the effects of how they are perceived - the heart of SRV. The book's challenge to current practice in palliative care, calling, with the aid of SRV theory, for a 're-think' of basic assumptions and influences, is both timely and well laid out. It should be read by academics and practitioners in both the SRV and palliative care worlds." Dr David Race, Senior Lecturer, Salford University and author of 'Social Role Valorization and the English Experience'.

About the Author

Dr Sinclair is a social worker consulting in both the palliative care and disability sectors in Melbourne, Australia.

Product Details

• Paperback: 256 pages
• Publisher: Policy Press (April 4, 2007)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1861349211
• ISBN-13: 978-1861349217
• Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 6 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 14.9 ounces
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #6,060,949 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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