Alzheimer's Disease: Policy and Practice Across Europe

Alzheimer's Disease: Policy and Practice Across Europe
ISBN-10
1857754166
ISBN-13
9781857754162
Series
Alzheimer's Disease
Category
Alzheimer's disease
Pages
200
Language
English
Published
2002
Publisher
Radcliffe Publishing
Author
Morton Warner

Description

Alzheimer's disease is becoming more common in Europe, with significant human, ethical, economic and professional challenges to society. This book examines clinical practice and service delivery, and identifies policy issues that could lead to improved quality of life for sufferers and carers. The book: - Describes the differing needs of sufferers and carers, and how they can be met by a co-ordinated approach to policy and implementation - Outlines the particular challenges that healthcare policy makers face for this disease - Shows how better models of service provision can be developed and describes best practice models - Discusses the lessons to be learnt from various European pioneering projects This is a concise and practical guide for clinical specialists including psychiatrists, geriatricians, neurologists, public health doctors, nurses, and policy makers and shapers in health and social services.

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