Social work is one of a number of caring professions that contribute to the practice of
palliative care that is now delivered in hospitals, hospices, and in the community. Most …

Social work is integral to the professional practice of the multidisciplinary palliative care
team both in hospice and hospital settings. Alongside nursing, medicine and a range of …

Through creative practice innovations and a wide range of professional competencies,
social work has contributed substantively to the development of the palliative care field …

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 …

Social work in palliative care sets out to understand and respond to the social dimensions of
the experience of people with life-threatening illness. Three basic aims are◆ to address the …

Patients and families who receive hospice and palliative care come from a rich and diverse
mosaic of cultural backgrounds and unique histories, as do the professionals who care for …

Interviewing and listening are important social work skills with which to address
psychosocial concerns in end-of-life health care. This article examines the context of social …

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 …

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 …

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