Developing practice tools for social workers in end-of-life care.
This article describes the National Association of Social Workers' (NASW) strategies for providing social workers with important practice and policy information about palliative and end-of-life care. With funding from a Soros Foundation's Project on Death in America grant, NASW developed practice standards, a Web-based continuing education course, and drafted a new policy statement to guide social workers in end-of-life care practice. The article provides an in-depth view of the development and scope of these resources for professional social workers.
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National Association of Social Workers, 750 First Street NE, Suite 700, Washington, DC, USA.
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Becky
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D002983:Clinical Competence; D004496:Education, Continuing; D006801:Humans; D033181:Information Dissemination; D016134:Organizational Policy; D010166:Palliative Care / Q000592:standards*; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D012947:Social Work / Q000592:standards*; D012952:Societies; D013727:Terminal Care / Q000592:standards*