title: A patient dies--a social worker reviews his work.
abstract: When a patient spends the final six months of his life in the hospital, a social worker is presented with many opportunities and challenges--and some frustrations.
authors.affiliation: VA Medical Center, Long Beach, CA.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Pilsecker
mesh_terms: D006748:Hospital Departments; D006801:Humans; D007400:Interprofessional Relations; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009741:Nursing Staff, Hospital; D011368:Professional-Family Relations; D011369:Professional-Patient Relations; D012948:Social Work Department, Hospital; D013727:Terminal Care