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 …

This book provides an introduction to social work practice in the field of health care. It
addresses both physical and mental health, examines various settings such as primary care …

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 …

This article describes social work's contribution to hospice philosophy and practice, calls
attention to the lack of a distinct social work function on hospice teams, and examines …

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 …

Hospital Social Work introduces the reader to the world of medicine and social work as seen
through the eyes of actual social workers. An essential reference for both students and …

There has been very little research focusing on the role of the social worker in a specialist
palliative care service. A qualitative research methodology was used which sought to …

The first resource on end-of-life care for healthcare practitioners who work with the terminally
ill and their families, Living with Dying begins with the narratives of five healthcare …

Medical assistance in dying (MAiD) recently became legal in Canada, and social workers
have an integral role providing psychosocial care to those considering this end-of-life care …

The purpose of this study was to investigate job satisfaction among hospice interdisciplinary
team members, which included social workers, nurses, and other professionals (ie, home …