This volume is concerned with outpatient care as an increasingly critical aspect of the social infrastructure. It conducts a stocktaking exercise on current developments and possible developments in relation to home support for persons in need of long-term assistance and care, and the ways in which these are related to the expectations and promises that are shaping public and professional discourse. The relationship between expectations and reality is critically analysed in order to articulate prospects for the future, particularly for those who are responsible for organizing and managing outpatient care.
Dr. Ruth Ketzer, Professor of Management in the Health-Care System, Director of the Nursing Management and Organizational Knowledge course at the Fliedner Specialist College in Düsseldorf. Prof. Renate Adam-Paffrath, Head of the Nursing and Health Care Management course at the Fliedner Specialist College in Düsseldorf. Prof. Manfred Borutta, Professor of Gerontology in Social Work and Nursing at the Catholic University of Applied Sciences North Rhine&Westphalia. Karola Selge, registered nurse, with her own nursing service since 1985, Master of Advanced Studies (Palliative Care), Professional Master of Ethics.
