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 …

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 …

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 …

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

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 …

Palliative care is a treatment model that aims to relieve patient suffering and improve quality
of life, and is essential for those living with chronic cancer. However, most palliative care …

While palliative care is best delivered in an interdisciplinary format, courses teaching the
interdisciplinary approach to palliative care are rare in healthcare education. This article …

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 …

Social workers are uniquely, in fact ideally, qualified to provide palliative care in the practice
setting of hospital consult teams. The ideals of palliative care are naturally aligned with …