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To firmer ground : restoring hope in Australia
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Title
To firmer ground : restoring hope in Australia / John Langmore.
ISBN
9780230595217
0230595219
Published
Sydney, N.S.W. : University of New South Wales, 2007.
Physical Description
1 online resource. (xiii, 251 p.) ; 24 cm
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Electronic reproduction. Basingstoke, England : Palgrave Macmillan, 2009. Mode of access: World Wide Web. System requirements: Web browser. Title from title screen (viewed on Mar. 3, 2009). Access may be restricted to users at subscribing institutions.
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Summary
More than a quarter of a century after the first AIDS diagnosis, it is time to examine what we have learned about supporting and caring for those infected with this terrible disease. How can we optimize health services for the more than 33 million people who are HIV positive today - and the millions more who will need care and support tomorrow? ₃Decent care₄, a concept adapted from the world of work, builds on the philosophical and spiritual traditions of dignity, respect, agency and integrity. The authors represent a wide variety of faiths and cultural traditions from around the world. Each brings his or her unique background to bear upon the experience of HIV. They go beyond mere speculation about decency and enter instead upon personal journeys of the heart. For those charged with developing health systems and providing health services, this volume is a call to re-examine assumptions - about what care is and how it should be practised. Rather than issuing yet another demand for radical reform, the writers here make the case for thinking clearly and critically. Most importantly, they urge people living with HIV to become full partners in designing and implementing their own care - and for caregivers to accept them in this role. That is the critical challenge of decent care.
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Palgrave political & international studies collection 2008.
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Books / Online
Language
English
Added to Catalog
April 19, 2018
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Preface; S. Matic
Foreword; T. Karpf, T. Ferguson, R. Swift and J. Lazarus
Introduction
Decent Care: A Proposal for the Future of HIV Care and Support; T. Ferguson
Restoring Hope; T. Karpf
The Demand for Equity; K. Moody
Decency in a Globalizing World: Care of People Living with HIV; E. Mendieta
HIV and AIDS, Decent Care and the Traditions of the Catholic Social Teaching; P. Hughes
The Biblical Mandate to Care and Cure; D. Rosen
An Islamic View of Health and Sickness: How our Core Values Promote Decent Care; S. Elzenari
Decent Care for People Living with HIV: What are we Waiting For?; A-C.d₂Adesky and K. Anastos
Care in a Season of AIDS: An Islamic Perspective; F. Esack
Towards a State of Good Health: A Dharmic View of HIV; S. Agnivesh
A Buddhist Perspective on Decent Care; N. Panichpant-Michelsen
Decent Care for Life; G.R. Gunderson and T.F. Cutts
Decent Care and HIV: A Holistic Approach; E. Mombo
Ubi Caritas? Care as Faith in Action; D.M. Ackermann
A Patient-Centred Approach to Universal Decent Care; S. Sofaer
Universal Access to Compassion and Empathy, a Cornerstone of Decent Care; L. Dossey
From GIPA to CAP: A New Model to Health Entitlement; C.E. Crain and N. Tashima
₃Have you no Sense of Decency, Sir?₄; D. Barr.
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