Module code: NUR7051-B
1) Understand the clinical and social epidemiology of death, dying, bereavement and long-term care-giving
(2) describe how the concepts and methods of health promotion apply to the clinical services approach to palliative care;
(3) Evaluate a palliative care services model of practice employing a public health criteria
(4) Understand how to apply the main methods of health promotion inside an end of life care service (palliative care, aged care or bereavement care service).
1. Introduction to the UK and Global social and clinical epidemiology of end of life care
2. Historical and theoretical perspectives in public health
3. Introduction to Health Promoting Palliative Care (HPPC)
4. Death education
5. Community work, community engagement, and community development
6. Social ecology
7. Current health and end of life care policies and debates
8. Criticisms of the `new¿ public health.
9. Case studies in health promoting palliative care
10. Evaluation science and the politics of knowledge in end of life care