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 …

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 …

In the past decade much growth has occurred in the numbers of patients and families served
by hospices and palliative care services. Thus, not surprisingly, these services have also …

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 …

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 role of the hospice and palliative social worker is often ambiguous and misunderstood
by colleagues and fellow team members. One reason for this is the lack of identified, clearly …

The importance of interprofessional collaboration in achieving high quality outcomes,
improving patient quality of life, and decreasing costs has been growing significantly in …

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 …

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 …

This national survey found that hospice directors (n= 43) considered social workers most
qualified, and most involved, in 12 of 24 interventions considered by social workers to define …