title: Palliative Care Social Work In India: Current Status and Future Directions.
abstract: Palliative care (PC) involves total care for persons suffering from life-threatening illnesses and their families. Social work as a profession and an academic discipline is gaining momentum in India for the past few decades. A large number of professional social workers are working with individuals, families, and communities to provide PC in India. Authors have presented the current status of PC social work interventions and discussed the future directions in the practice, research, and training in PC and end-of-life care.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatric Social Work, National Institute of Mental Health and Neuro Sciences, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Ragesh
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatric Social Work, National Institute of Mental Health and Neuro Sciences, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India.
authors.forename: Lithin
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Zacharias
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatric Social Work, National Institute of Mental Health and Neuro Sciences, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India.
authors.forename: Priya Treesa
authors.initials: PT
authors.lastname: Thomas
keywords: Chronic illness; clinical social work; psychiatric social work; psychosocial; terminal illness