Social Work Practice in Pediatric Palliative and End-of-Life Care: Challenges and Opportunities

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Barbara L. Jones

Social Work Practice in Pediatric Palliative and End-of-Life Care

Challenges and Opportunities

Barbara L. Jones

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Routledge
28 July 2014

Society & culture: general; Social work; Palliative medicine; Health & Self-Help

As an essential and emerging practice, Pediatric palliative care seeks to prevent and relieve suffering for children with life-threatening conditions. Palliative care teams are composed of providers of various disciplines, including social workers, who collaborate to address the medical, social-emotional, and spiritual needs of the child, and their families. Social workers are especially accustomed to interdisciplinary care and may counsel, provide resources, facilitate communication, and promote person- and family-centered practices that are the basis of effective pediatric palliative care. This book presents practice strategies, experiential knowledge, and research related to practicing in─collaborative teams, ICU settings, and hospice. It also presents research that is informed by the perceptions and perspectives of bereaved parents, parents who have suffered a stillbirth, and parent caregivers of children with life-limiting illness. This book highlights the unique role social workers play, within care teams and in relationship with children who have life-limiting illness, and their families.

This book was originally published as a special issue of the Journal of Social Work in End-of-Life & Palliative Care.

Edited by: Barbara L. Jones
Imprint: Routledge
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 246mm, Width: 174mm, Spine: 15mm
Weight: 362g
ISBN: 9781138778764
ISBN 10: 1138778761
Pages: 120
Publication Date: 28 July 2014
Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Primary , Undergraduate
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Barbara Jones, PhD, is Associate Professor and Co-Director of the Institute for Grief, Loss, and Family Survival in the School of Social Work at The University of Texas at Austin, USA. Her current research focuses on issues of pediatric palliative care, grief and loss, young adult cancer survivorship, and the role of social work in health care.