This paper reviews the professional literature with respect to the social work profession's
involvement in end-of-life care. The search process was conducted by entering key words in …

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 …

Abstract The second Social Work Summit on End-of-Life and Palliative Care was held from
June 1 to June 3, 2005. Sixty representatives of more than 35 social work and other …

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 …

Americans are living longer, but dying after a prolonged period of management of multiple
chronic illnesses and functional disabilities. Despite waves of public and professional …

This article describes leadership efforts within social work to promote, enhance, and shape
the future of social work practice, education, and research in end-of-life and palliative care …

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 …

Attention to end-of-life care in social work education and practice is growing. With funding
from the Project on Death in America, in 2001, the University of Iowa, School of Social Work …

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 …

Burke, Altilio, & Christ, 2001). In 2002 PDIA convened a group of social work experts in
endof-life care who developed an agenda to improve care for dying individuals and their …