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Hospital at Home

The Alternative to General Hospital Admission

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  • © 1984
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Authors:
  1. Freda Clarke
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Table of contents (13 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-viii
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  2. Introduction

    • Freda Clarke
    Pages 1-6

  3. Pre-twentieth-century health provision in Britain: an introductory sketch

    • Freda Clarke
    Pages 7-20

  4. Foundations of modern health care in Britain: a divided medical service and consequences for the sick

    • Freda Clarke
    Pages 21-34

  5. The National Health Service: high dependency patients at home — the case for a secondary domiciliary care service

    • Freda Clarke
    Pages 35-51

  6. Overseas experiments in the home care of the sick

    • Freda Clarke
    Pages 52-69

  7. Hospitalisation à domicile, France: a first-hand account

    • Freda Clarke
    Pages 70-94

  8. Home care experiments in Britain

    • Freda Clarke
    Pages 95-117

  9. Peterborough District Hospital at Home three-year pilot scheme

    • Freda Clarke
    Pages 118-134

  10. ‘Hospital at home’ and the medical profession

    • Freda Clarke
    Pages 135-143

  11. Nurses and home care of the sick

    • Freda Clarke
    Pages 144-154

  12. The other carers

    • Freda Clarke
    Pages 155-168

  13. How to get your local ‘hospital at home’ service

    • Freda Clarke
    Pages 169-182

  14. Summary, conclusions and prospects for the future

    • Freda Clarke
    Pages 183-194

  15. Back Matter

    Pages 195-205
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Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Hospital at Home

  • Book Subtitle: The Alternative to General Hospital Admission

  • Authors: Freda Clarke

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-17693-9

  • Publisher: Red Globe Press London

  • eBook Packages: Palgrave Social & Cultural Studies Collection, Social Sciences (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Freda Clarke 1984

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: VIII, 205

  • Additional Information: Previously published under the imprint Palgrave

  • Topics: Sociology, general

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