Compassionate Communities: Case Studies from Britain and Europe

Cover
Title Page
Copyright Page
Table of Contents
List of figures
List of contributors
Preface
1 Community development and hospices: a national UK perspective
2 Developing community support networks at the end of life in Weston-super-Mare, UK
3 Compassionate Communities in Shropshire, West Midlands, England
4 Compassionate Communities in Sandwell, West Midlands, England
5 Community partnerships: a public health approach to ageing, death, dying and loss
6 The Compassionate City Charter: inviting the cultural and social sectors into end of life care
7 ‘Join Bill United!’: Compassionate Communities in Limerick, Ireland
8 Caring community in living and dying in Landeck, Tyrol, Austria
9 ‘Ethics from the bottom up’: promoting networks and participation through shared stories of care
10 Dementia-friendly pharmacy: a doorway in the community in Vienna and Lower Austria
11 A convent initiative: Compassionate Community in Solothurn, Switzerland
12 Community palliative care in Eastern Switzerland: the role of local forums in developing palliative care culture and enabling ethical discourse
13 Dementia-friendly communities: together for a better life with (and without) dementia
14 On the way to a Caring Community? The German debate
Index