Palliative care is a holistic practice using a multidisciplinary approach in addressing
multidimensional needs. Although the social aspects surrounding the end-of-life phase …

The assumptive world concept refers to the assumptions or beliefs that ground, secure,
stabilize, and orient people. They are our core beliefs. In the face of death and trauma, these …

Despite growing interest in improving the quality of care at the end of life, pediatric palliative
and end-of-life care has only recently been identified as a critically important area of study …

Social Work in Health Care: Its Past and Future gives social workers up-to-date,
comprehensive information about the roles and the kinds of skills needed in all aspects of …

This is a qualitative study of eighteen Israeli health care social workers' experiences at times
of end-of-life decisions in light of the 2007 law that legitimises patients' rights to withhold life …

This article discusses the value and importance of support groups for people living with
chronic cancer. It is a primer for the professional mental health practitioner interested in …

This paper examines the role and value of hope in the experiences of people with cancer at
end-of-life according to the social workers who counsel them. Despite discussion of hope's …

Death connotes a mysterious and inevitable reality of existence. Since pre-modern to post-
modern times, notion of death has seen changes from natural acceptance to a fear-inducing …

Through a post-colonial narrative turn, scholars created space for alternative illness
narratives to be performed; narratives that reflected the fragmented and unpredictable ways …

The intensive care unit has become a focal point for decision making in end-of-life care.
High technology medicine can often extend life beyond the point of providing benefit to the …