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| Professional and educational needs of hospice and palliative care social workers | | Author(s) | Sherri M Weisenfluh, Ellen L Csikai |
| Journal title | Journal of Social Work in End-of-Life and Palliative Care, vol 9, no 1, January-March 2013 |
| Publisher | Taylor and Francis, January-March 2013 |
| Pages | pp 58-73 |
| Source | http://www.tandfonline.com |
| Keywords | Terminal care ; Social work ; Social workers ; Training [welfare work] ; Education. |
| Annotation | In recent years the number of patients and families served by hospices and palliative care services has increased. These services have also been subject to increasing regulation by government. In order to stay up-to-date in this ever-changing environment and to continue to provide effective interventions social workers must stay engaged in the professional community and continuing education. In this quantitative study 1,169 practising hospice and palliative care social workers provided information about their practice activities and agency characteristics, professional affiliations and certification, and ongoing educational needs. About one-half of respondents carried a caseload of 21-50 and were mostly engaged in communicating the psychosocial needs of the patient and family to other members of the team and assessing for grief and bereavement issues. The most important educational needs pertained to the psychological and social needs of patients and families and psychosocial interventions. Although many were aware of the joint NASW-NHPCO social work hospice speciality certification few held this certification yet. The authors conclude that the results of this survey could be used in the design of continuing education programmes and advocacy for policy change. (JL). |
| Accession Number | CPA-130405215 A |
| Classmark | LV: IG: QR: QW: V |
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