Abstract
This chapter commences with some preliminary comments about the different meanings of the phrase 'public health' taking care to explain the particular sense in which the current chapter falls. I then introduce the main concepts of compassionate communities as they have developed from a 'new' public health approach to end of life care. This is followed by an outline how these ideas have come to us from WHO's healthy cities programs. A summary of current academic literature that describe the rise of compassionate community practice experiments and policies in England, Scotland, Ireland and Asia follows. Three case studies are then described. Two case studies are selected from the UK experience and another case study from the Japanese experience of dementia-friendly community experiments. The conclusion provides a reflection on the future policy and practice challenges that this approach faces in the significant task of its widespread implementation
Original language | English |
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Title of host publication | Palliative Care for Older People |
Subtitle of host publication | A Public Health Perspective |
Editors | Lieve Van den Block, Gwenda Albers, Sandra Martins Periera, Bregje Onwuteaka-Philipsen, Roeline Pasman, Luc Deliens |
Place of Publication | Oxford |
Publisher | Oxford University Press |
Chapter | 18 |
Pages | 193-199 |
Number of pages | 7 |
ISBN (Electronic) | 9780191787133 |
ISBN (Print) | 9780198717614 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 1 May 2015 |
Keywords
- community development
- health promotion
- compassion
- new public health
- healthy cities
- dementia-friendly communities
- participatory practices