title: Hope as a strategy in supervising social workers of terminally ill patients.
abstract: This article focuses on supervision of social workers who feel despair and hopelessness in treating terminally ill patients. The emotional difficulties that may lead to these feelings are discussed. A special model of supervision that relates to hope as a strategy to help social workers cope with such difficulties is presented. The model suggests goals in supervising such social workers and outlines the means and techniques for achieving the goals.
authors.affiliation: Supervision Program, School of Social Work, Bar-Ilan University, Ramat Gan 52900, Israel. itzhah@mail.biu.ac.il
authors.forename: Haya
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Itzhaky
authors.forename: Rachel
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Lipschitz-Elhawi
mesh_terms: D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D001293:Attitude to Death; D004644:Emotions; D006801:Humans; D010559:Personnel Management; D011369:Professional-Patient Relations; D012947:Social Work / Q000193:education / Q000458:organization & administration*; D013315:Stress, Psychological / Q000517:prevention & control*; D013727:Terminal Care / Q000458:organization & administration / Q000523:psychology*