European Perspectives on Chronically Ill People Chronisch Kranke Menschen Aus Europaischen Blickwinkeln Perspective Europene Asupra Persoanelor Cu

by Gavrilovici, Ovidiu; Peter Lang Pub Inc

• ISBN13: 9780820464954
• ISBN10: 0820464953
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2004-02-01
• Publisher: Peter Lang Pub Inc

Author Biography

Ovidiu Gavrilovici is assistant professor at the University of Iasi (Romania), where he teaches in the field of Child abuse and neglect, Counseling, and Social program design and evaluation. Ph.D in Social Welfare from Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio

Table of Contents

Prefaces	p. 11
Editor's preface	p. 11
Author's preface	p. 14
Introduction	p. 15
Outline	p. 15
Key words	p. 16
Aims	p. 16
Learning outcomes	p. 17
Content	p. 18
Overview	p. 18
Definitional issues: Chronic illness	p. 18
Commonality and specificity in chronically ill people	p. 21
Commonalities	p. 21
Uniqueness	p. 23
Risk factors	p. 24
Impact on education	p. 24
Utilization pattern and cost of care	p. 25
Protective factors. Individual inclusionary factors: Adherence/ compliance and patient satisfaction	p. 26
Adherence/ compliance	p. 26
Patient satisfaction	p. 27
Vignette (1)	p. 27
Social inclusion/ exclusion of the chronically ill people	p. 28
Exclusionary processes during the chronic illness journey	p. 30
Vignettes (2)	p. 31
Conclusion	p. 32
Researching exclusion/ inclusion of the chronically ill people	p. 32
Health- Related Quality of Life (HRQL)- from quantitative designs to mixed models, quantitative and qualitative	p. 32
Other factor entering the Quality of Life (QOL) equation	p. 34
Role of psychological problems associated with chronic illness	p. 34
Research on patient satisfaction	p. 34
Burden of disease and health care cost analysis	p. 34
Instruments for measuring HRQL	p. 35
Disease- specific or generic HRQL instruments?	p. 35
Qualitative research paradigm	p. 36
Methodological difficulties	p. 37
Vignettes (3)	p. 38
Research questions for the future	p. 38
Evaluation research	p. 39
Vignettes (4)	p. 39
Theoretical models of chronically ill people care and social exclusion	p. 41
Theoretical models	p. 42
Critical social theory	p. 42
Empowerment	p. 43
The social model of chronic illness and disability	p. 43
Vignette (5)	p. 44
Community participation	p. 44
Conflicting relations: Social status relative to health	p. 45
Social support	p. 46
Developmental health psychology	p. 47
Family development theory	p. 47
Cultural health analysis paradigms	p. 47
The capability approach of Amartya Sen	p. 48
Ethics and social justice	p. 49
Ethical moments in the chronically ill people journey	p. 50
Vignettes (6)	p. 52
Theories of intervention and social change	p. 52
Professionalization	p. 52
Increased participation: The consultation model	p. 53
Patient education programs	p. 54
Social networks intervention	p. 55
Homecare	p. 55
Genetic counselling	p. 56
A model for change- stigma and social exclusion in healthcare practice	p. 56
Disease management programs	p. 56
Framework to analyze social services	p. 57
Cultural change	p. 58
Comparative social policies in Europe and the chronically ill people	p. 59
Vignette (7)	p. 59
World Health Organization's studies in Europe	p. 60
Historical European benchmarks	p. 62
Policy prioritization	p. 64
Vignette (8)	p. 65
Policies related to HIV/ AIDS in Romania	p. 65
Funding for HIV/AIDS services	p. 66
Services for people with HIV/AIDS	p. 66
European Union and the chronically ill people: Visions of the future	p. 69
The Joint Report on Social Inclusion	p. 69
Tasks	p. 72
Bibliography	p. 227
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