Journal article
A call to action: An IWG charter for a public health approach to dying, death, and loss
Omega, Vol.69(4), pp.401-420
2014
Abstract
The current systems of care for dying persons, the people caring for them, and the bereaved operate in ways that frequently lack sufficient sensitivity to their needs. We describe a new model for dying, death, and loss that adopts a public health approach. Specifically, we describe a deliberative process that resulted in a charter for a public health approach to dying, death, and loss. Modeled after the World Health Organization's 1986 Ottawa Charter, our charter includes a call to action. It has the potential to bring about significant change on local, societal, and global levels as exemplified by four projects from three countries. Public health and end-of-life services and organizations need to form partnerships with the community to develop a public health approach to dying, death, and loss. Learning from each other, they will affirm and enhance community beliefs and practices that make death part of life.
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- Title
- A call to action: An IWG charter for a public health approach to dying, death, and loss
- Authors
- C Becker (Author) - International Work Group for Death, Dying and Bereavement (IWG)B Monroe (Author) - International Work Group for Death, Dying and Bereavement (IWG)E Clark (Author) - International Work Group for Death, Dying and Bereavement (IWG)Patrice O'Connor (Author)L A Despelder (Author) - International Work Group for Death, Dying and Bereavement (IWG)D Oliviere (Author) - International Work Group for Death, Dying and Bereavement (IWG)J Dawes (Author) - International Work Group for Death, Dying and Bereavement (IWG)M Relf (Author) - International Work Group for Death, Dying and Bereavement (IWG)J Ellershaw (Author) - International Work Group for Death, Dying and Bereavement (IWG)John P Rosenberg (Author) - International Work Group for Death, Dying and Bereavement (IWG)G Howarth (Author) - International Work Group for Death, Dying and Bereavement (IWG)L Rowling (Author) - International Work Group for Death, Dying and Bereavement (IWG)A Kellehear (Author) - International Work Group for Death, Dying and Bereavement (IWG)P R Silverman (Author) - International Work Group for Death, Dying and Bereavement (IWG)S Kumar (Author) - International Work Group for Death, Dying and Bereavement (IWG)D J Wilkie (Author) - International Work Group for Death, Dying and Bereavement (IWG)
- Publication details
- Omega, Vol.69(4), pp.401-420
- Publisher
- Sage Publications Inc.
- Date published
- 2014
- DOI
- 10.2190/OM.69.4.d
- ISSN
- 0030-2228
- Organisation Unit
- School of Health - Nursing; University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland; School of Nursing, Midwifery and Paramedicine - Legacy
- Language
- English
- Record Identifier
- 99451121002621
- Output Type
- Journal article
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