PALLIATIVE CARE is variously described as multi-disciplinary, interdisciplinary, and
transdisciplinary. All of those terms underscore a central role for the team, with its constituent …

There has been very little research focusing on the role of the social worker in a specialist
palliative care service. A qualitative research methodology was used which sought to …

The article offers information on the National Consensus Project (NCP) for Quality Palliative
Care state that social workers are core member of hospice or palliative care (PC) …

As people live longer with chronic disease and serious illness in the US, palliative care
teams are called upon to support patients and their families. Social workers are an integral …

Social work bas been a prominent feature of modem palliative care from its earliest days:
Cicely Saunders was a medical social worker when she was inspired by the patient David …

The Oxford Textbook of Palliative Social Work is a comprehensive, evidence-informed text
that addresses the needs of professionals who provide interdisciplinary, culturally sensitive …

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 …

Background: Health professionals have begun to identify competencies needed for primary
and specialist levels of palliative care practice, but little attention has been given to how …

The Institute of Medicine (IOM) Report—Cancer Care for the Whole Patient: Meeting
Psychosocial Health Needs—provided recommendations for meeting the palliative care …

Social workers play key roles on interdisciplinary hospice teams and in hospitals on
oncology or palliative care teams. Though palliative care settings include both home …