title: Brief social work intervention in the hospice setting: person-centred work and crisis intervention synthesized and distilled.
abstract: This essay explores the difficulties faced in a hospice when offering brief intervention work with the friends or relatives of patients. The relevance of various theories of intervention is explored and it is concluded that elements from a number of theories need to be applied flexibly when working for one or two meetings with people.
authors.affiliation: Peter Bedford Association, Islington, London.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Chung
mesh_terms: D003419:Crisis Intervention / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006694:Holistic Health; D006738:Hospices; D006801:Humans; D010347:Patient Care Planning; D011369:Professional-Patient Relations; D011582:Psychological Theory; D012947:Social Work / Q000458:organization & administration*