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 …

A survey of 391 health care social workers assessed educational content and skills needed
for competence in practice with those facing the end of life. Content perceived as most …

This article examines social work's expanding role in death and dying discussions with
clients. In a variety of settings, particularly within health care, social workers are educating …

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 …

O PTIMAL CARE at the end of life requires not only a comprehensive assessment of the
patient and family's physical, social, psychological, and spiritual needs, but also …

Social workers in all practice areas have the potential to contribute to the National Agenda
for Social Work Research in Palliative and End-of-Life Care. The purpose of this article is to …

Social workers are major service providers to people who are facing end-of-life issues
including the terminally ill and their families. Yet, exemplary models for social work …

Social work's response to hospice, as a new form of social caring, is portrayed by a social
work process paradigm, conceptualized from the practice and research experiences of the …

End-of-life issues became increasingly complicated during the 20th century as profound
shifts occurred in who died, how they died, and when they died. This article reviews societal …

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 …