Well-Being at the End of Life, 9780231216272
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Palliative care lost its way; find compassion and community again.
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Well-Being at the End of Life

reimagining palliative care

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  • Hardcover

    240 pages

  • Release Date

    1 June 2026

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Summary

Reimagining End-of-Life Care: A Call for Compassion and Community

The field of palliative care aims to support a dying person’s physical, psychological, social, and spiritual needs, as well as the needs of their family and community. But has this powerful vision been achieved? This book argues that palliative care has drifted away from its transformative goals—and shows what to do about it.

Bringing together leading international scholars and practitioners, Well-Being at…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9780231216272
ISBN-10:0231216270
Series:End-of-Life Care: A Series
Author:Julian Abel, Allan Kellehear
Publisher:Columbia University Press
Imprint:Columbia University Press
Format:Hardcover
Number of Pages:240
Release Date:1 June 2026
Weight:0g
Dimensions:229mm x 152mm
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Critics Review

Well-written, accessible, and inspiring. This book will be of immense value to palliative care professionals and to others who work with aged populations. – Ellen L. Idler, editor of Religion as a Social Determinant of Public Health

About The Author

Julian Abel

Julian Abel is a palliative care physician and visiting professor at Northumbria University.

Allan Kellehear is professor of end-of-life care at Northumbria University.

Abel and Kellehear are cofounders of Compassionate Communities UK and coeditors of the Oxford Textbook of Public Health Palliative Care (2022).

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