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The Public Health Approach to Dying, Death and Bereavement: An Irish Hospice Foundation Discussion Paper

Author: Irish Hospice Foundation

Publication Year: 2019

Contents

Introduction: ‘Describing the Elephant’
Why a public health approach, and why now?
Challenges: The Public Health and Palliative-Care Conundrum
What would be helpful at this point?
Arguments for a Public Health Approach
Aspects of a Model
Policy Context in Ireland
Future Direction
Conclusion: ‘Eating the Elephant’
Appendix 1: A Definition of a Public Health Approach to Palliative Care
Appendix 2: IHF Programmes and the Pillars of the Ottawa Charter
Appendix 3: The People’s Charter on Dying, Death and Bereavement in Ireland
Bibliography

Format Download
Keywords death, palliative care, public health
Publisher Irish Hospice Foundation
Classification palliative care
Pages 22
External Link https://hospicefoundation.ie/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/IHF-Public-Health-Report.pdf
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