Policy Points Integrated care is best understood as an emergent set of practices intrinsically
shaped by contextual factors, and not as a single intervention to achieve predetermined …

Nursing is typically understood, and understands itself, as a care-giving occupation. It is
through its relationships with patients–whether these are absent, present, good, bad or …

El objetivo principal de este artículo es revisar el surgimiento y desarrollo de la orientación
teórico-metodológica conocida como curso de vida, enfoque que investiga …

The healthcare system in Australia is struggling to meet the healthcare needs of the ageing
population. The pressure on health systems to solve these complex problems can create a …

This article discusses the life course perspective on drug use, including conceptual and
analytic issues involved in developing the life course framework to explain how drug use …

During the last decades, the work of homecare nurses has been affected by several
changes, including an aging population, the decentralization of health care, nursing …

Emergency clinicians undertake boundary-work as they facilitate patient trajectories through
the Emergency Department (ED). Emergency clinicians must manage the constantly …

Drawing on end of life care as an illustrative case, this paper critically examines the
provision of care in the home, identifying a number of inherent tensions. For 60 years the …

Integrated care is an aim and a method for organising health and care services, particularly
for older people and those with chronic conditions. Policy expects that integrated care …

An integrated care model for people living with Parkinson's disease (PD) offers the promise
of meeting complex care needs in a person-centered way that addresses fragmentation and …