From Loneliness to Solitude in Person-centred Health Care

This innovative book provides a new conceptual analysis of loneliness - a condition associated with severe health consequences, including increased morbidity and early death.

Stephen Buetow is Associate Professor of General Practice and Primary Health Care at the University of Auckland, New Zealand. He is Associate Editor of the Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice and the European Journal of Person Centered Healthcare.

1. Introduction, Part I: Debunking myths about loneliness, 2. Loneliness and isolation, 3. Variation in experience of loneliness, 4. Loneliness and social pain, Part II: Moving forward, 5. Loneliness and person-centred health care, 6. Self-love, 7. Solitude, 8. Privacy, 9. Closing words