Background: Educating Social Workers in Palliative and End-of-Life Care (ESPEC) is a
nationally scalable continuing education program designed to improve the knowledge and …

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 …

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 …

As the number of older adults and those with chronic medical conditions continues to rise,
the need to train social work students in palliative and end-of-life competencies becomes …

Context Care provided to seriously ill patients by frontline social workers is a component of
generalist-level palliative care. The core competencies for high-quality generalist-level …

Objective: There is a shortage of social workers who have palliative care expertise. The
aging US population and advances in extending life for seriously ill persons require social …

Social workers from clinical, academic, and research settings met in 2002 for a national
Social Work Leadership Summit on Palliative and End-of-Life Care. Participants placed the …

ObjectivePalliative social workers have taken steps to increase the numbers of social
workers trained and competent to deliver effective psychosocial palliative care. Despite …

This study explored the impact of an oncology palliative care clinical experience with older
adults on social work learners. A three-member research team conducted a qualitative …

Social workers play an important role in the delivery of Hospice Palliative Care in many
diverse settings. The profession brings a unique perspective to end-of-life care that reflects …