Social workers who provide end-of-life care do not always see themselves as clinicians. This
paper identifies what is clinical in work with the dying. Social workers routinely elicit sources …

End‐of‐life care is inarguably one of the most critical issues facing health today. Social
workers play a vital role with patients and families who are facing chronic illness and the end …

This chapter provides an introduction to end‐of‐life social work practice. It defines end‐of‐
life care, including hospice, palliative care, and pediatric care, and describes the roles that …

Social Work Theory and Practice with the Terminally Ill, second edition, takes a
compassionate look at ways that social workers can help dying people and their families …

Dying is a social experience, changing irrevocably the family and social networks around
each individual who dies. Older people are a growing proportion of the population and need …

This paper reviews the professional literature with respect to the social work profession's
involvement in end-of-life care. The search process was conducted by entering key words in …

Burke, Altilio, & Christ, 2001). In 2002 PDIA convened a group of social work experts in
endof-life care who developed an agenda to improve care for dying individuals and their …

THIS SERIES is initiated in the Journal of Palliative Medicine to inform readers of the
specialization of end-of-life and palliative care within the profession of social work and its …

Working with dying patients and their families may be some social workers' most emotionally
difficult challenge. The seminar described here was designed to heighten social workers' …

Insufficient training of health professionals has often been cited as a major barrier to
improving the system of care for dying patients and for the bereaved. Although specific …