Description: New York: Columbia University Press,[2017]| Series: End-of-life care| Includes
bibliographical references and index. Identifiers: LCCN 2016019911 (print)| LCCN …

Social workers understand that spirituality in end-of-life care is highly meaningful to some
clients, regardless of whether that is true for them personally as professionals or not. This …

From the beginning of the hospice and palliative care movement in the United States, its
leaders have advocated for a holistic approach that addresses biopsychosocial as well as …

This is the first book to explore the history, characteristics, and challenges of hospice social
work, incorporating leading research into an underlying framework for practice and care. A …

At the present time, there is a widening search for spirituality as distinct from organized
religion, particularly as it relates to well-being, wholeness, and healing. In both professional …

Explores the end-of-life spiritual needs of people who do not identify with traditional
religions. This groundbreaking book addresses the spiritual aspect of hospice care for those …

Ira R. Byock, MD universe as cold and impersonal, leaving each individual exposed to
circumstance and happenstance, ultimately reliant only on him or herself. Yet Kafka …

AN EARLIER vERSIoN of this chapter was published in 2006 when i was asked to write
about the hospice movement for a special edition of Omega: The Journal of Death and …

This article describes a systematic approach to understanding the spiritual work of the dying.
It begins by defining “spirituality,”“spiritual care” and “spiritual work” in order to create a …