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Advancing social work practice in end-of-life care
- Authors:
- CHRIST Grace H., SORMANTI Mary
- Journal article citation:
- Social Work in Health Care, 30(2), 1999, pp.81-99.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
- Place of publication:
- Philadelphia, USA
Insufficient training of health professionals has often been cited as a major barrier to improving the system of care for dying patients and for the bereaved. Although specific problems have been identified for physicians and nurses, the problems of social work in this substantive area have only recently been explored. This study used a practitioner survey, focus groups, and a survey of faculty of schools of social work to broaden the information base. Results suggested that not unlike the professions of medicine and nursing, social work knowledge and skill development in the care of the dying is uneven and not integrated sufficiently with theoretical concepts and research.