The Compassion Project - A case for hope and humankindness from the town that beat loneliness

Informationen zum Autor Dr Julian Abel a recently retired consultant in palliative care, has worked for two and a half years as joint-leader of the roll-out of the Frome project with Dr Helen Kingston, the town's lead GP, and is currently leading the implementation of the Frome Model in Wales. He is Vice-President of Public Health Palliative Care International, and as a recognized expert on Compassionate Communities has made presentations on the Frome model in Europe, the USA and Australasia. He publishes regularly in peer-reviewed medical journals. Lindsay Clarke is a Whitbread Award-winning novelist and widely translated freelance writer living in Frome. He has been Writer-in-Residence and Associate Lecturer on the MA Creative Writing Course at Cardiff University, Resident Scholar at Schumacher College, and is a long time Creative Consultant to the educational work of the Pushkin Trust in N. Ireland Klappentext The true story of Frome in Somerset, which has seen a dramatic fall in emergency hospital admissions since it began a collective project to combat isolation. Outlines the project, tells the many stories of real people involved and explains how it could be applied elsewhere. An inspirational account of the active power of compassion Zusammenfassung An inspirational account of the active power of compassion

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Julian Abel, Lindsay Clarke
• Verlag: Aster
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Fester Einband
• Erschienen: 25.06.2020
• EAN: 9781783253364
• ISBN: 978-1-78325-336-4
• Seiten: 240
• Abmessung: 158 mm x 236 mm x 28 mm
• Themen: Belletristik > Erzählende Literatur > Briefe, Tagebücher; Naturwissenschaften, Medizin, Informatik, Technik > Medizin > Allgemeines; Ratgeber > Gesundheit > Erkrankungen, Heilverfahren; Sachbuch > Politik, Gesellschaft, Wirtschaft > Biographien, Autobiographien; Biography & True Stories, MEDICAL / Healing, FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS / Eldercare, MEDICAL / Health Policy, MEDICAL / Health Care Delivery, Memoirs, MEDICAL / Nursing / General, MEDICAL / Education & Training, MEDICAL / Nursing / Nurse & Patient, HEALTH & FITNESS / Diseases / Alzheimer's & Dementia, FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS / Friendship, MEDICAL / Caregiving, MEDICAL / Home Care, Personal & public health, Health & personal development, Personal and public health / health education, Community nursing