Well-Being at the End of Life
reimagining palliative care
$45.20
- Paperback
240 pages
- Release Date
1 June 2026
Summary
Reclaiming Compassion: A New Vision for End-of-Life Care
The field of palliative care strives 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 ambitious goal been realized? This book argues that palliative care has strayed from its transformative ideals—and reveals how to course-correct.
Well-Being at the End of Life brings together leading international scholars and pr…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780231216289 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0231216289 |
| Series: | End-of-Life Care: A Series |
| Author: | Julian Abel, Allan Kellehear |
| Publisher: | Columbia University Press |
| Imprint: | Columbia University Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| 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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