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Social Work in End-of-life and Palliative Care (Book)
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Social Work in End-of-life and Palliative Care (Book)
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Dying is a social experience, changing irrevocably the family and
social networks around each individual who dies. Older people are a
growing proportion of the population and need help to think and
plan to make positive choices about this important phase of their
life. Social work should help to strengthen individuals and
families to achieve a respectful death and to move forward in their
lives. This valuable book focuses on practice interventions,
advocating open communication and skilled interpersonal practice to
help dying and bereaved people, their families and carers. The
authors review sociological and psychological ideas about dying and
bereavement, incorporating spiritual care, multi-professional
practice and ethical issues likely to face social workers in
end-of-life and palliative care. Important features include: a
demonstration of the importance of the social work role in
palliative care; a firm knowledge base for social work practice
with dying and bereaved people in both end-of-life and palliative
care; a strong focus on social processes as well as psychological
and emotional responses to death and bereavement; extended case
examples help to develop practice skills fully; 'pause and reflect'
sections help students and practitioners think through their own
reactions to practice with people who are dying and bereaved;
exploration of group and community interventions in end-of-life
care; an international focus, with useful further reading and
website information. This book will be essential reading for
students, health care workers and social workers and their managers
who are working in adult services, end of life and palliative care.
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