Palliative care, social work, and service users : making life possible

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors Beresford, Peter, 1945- (Author), Adshead, Lesley, 1953- (Author), Croft, Suzy, 1952- (Author)
Format Book
LanguageEnglish
Published London ; Philadelphia : Jessica Kingsley Publishers, 2007
Subjects
paliativní péče
nevyléčitelně nemocní
sociální práce
sociální pracovníci
palliative care
incurables
social work
social workers
monografie
monographs
Online AccessObsah
ISBN9781843104650 1-84310-465-2
Physical Description268 s. ; 24 cm

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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • Palliative care : a new perspective
  • Becoming involved with palliative care
  • Starting the palliative care social work journey
  • What does the social worker do?
  • What service users value most
  • Working with difference
  • Exploring outcomes : evaluating specialist palliative care social work
  • Accessing specialist palliative care social work : a broader image problem
  • The problem of referral
  • The nature, strengths, and weaknesses of practice
  • Theory and practice
  • Specialist palliative care social work : a service in the shadows?
  • Issues for the future

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