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

ABSTRACT In 2005 a Social Work Summit on End-of-Life and Palliative Care was hosted by
the National Association of Social Workers (NASW) with support from the Project on Death in …

Background: Social work practitioners have the potential to make meaningful contributions
to improving palliative and end-of-life care because of their work in varied and divergent …

Palliative care (PC) is perhaps the most inherently interdisciplinary specialty within health
care. Comprehensive PC is delivered by a core team of physicians, nurses, social workers …

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 …

Accessible and instructive, ÂPalliative CareÂguides and inspires health social workers to
incorporate palliative care principles into their current clinical practice. Through the lenses of …

This unique book provides a rare look at social work and palliative care from the perspective
of service users. It is the first to investigate specialist palliative care social work from this …

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 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 …

There are close links between the philosophy and practice of palliative care and of social
work. Social workers have made a significant contribution to developing palli ative care …