Setting an agenda for social work in end-of-life and palliative care: an overview of leadership and organizational initiatives.
This article describes leadership efforts within social work to promote, enhance, and shape the future of social work practice, education, and research in end-of-life and palliative care. The background and outcomes of the Project on Death in America, Open Society Institute's Social Work Leadership Development Award Program, and the 2002 Social Work Leadership Summit on End-of-Life and Palliative Care are reviewed.
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Grace H
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Columbia University School of Social Work, School of Social Work, New York, NY 10025, USA. ghc1@columbia.edu
Blacker
Susan
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D003299:Cooperative Behavior; D006801:Humans; D033183:Interdisciplinary Communication; D007857:Leadership; D009936:Organizational Innovation; D010166:Palliative Care / Q000458:organization & administration*; D012947:Social Work / Q000458:organization & administration*; D013727:Terminal Care / Q000458:organization & administration*