Dying, Death, and Bereavement in Social Work Practice: Decision Cases for Advanced Practice

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Terry A. Wolfer Vicki M. Runnion

Dying, Death, and Bereavement in Social Work Practice

Decision Cases for Advanced Practice

Terry A. Wolfer, Vicki M. Runnion

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English

Columbia University Press
03 July 2008

Age groups: the elderly; Sociology: death & dying; Care of the elderly; Social work

Series: End-of-Life Care: A Series

Practitioners who work with clients at the end of their lives face difficult decisions concerning the client's self-determination, the kind of death he or she will have, and the prolongation of life. They must also remain sensitive to the beliefs and needs of family members and the legal, ethical, and spiritual ramifications of the client's death. Featuring twenty-three decision cases based on interviews with professional social workers, this unique volume allows students to wrestle with the often incomplete and conflicting information, ethical issues, and time constraints of actual cases. Instead of offering easy solutions, this book provides detailed accounts that provoke stimulating debates among students, enabling them to confront their own responses, beliefs, and uncertainties to hone their critical thinking and decision making skills for professional practice.
*Please note: Teaching Notes for this volume will be available from Electronic Hallway in Spring 2010.

To access the Teaching Notes, you must first become a member of the Electronic Hallway. The main Electronic Hallway web page is at https://hallway.org/index.php. To join, click Become a Hallway Member in the Get Involved category or point your browser directly to https://hallway.org/involved/join.php and provide the required information.

After your instructor status has been confirmed, you will receive an e-mail granting access to the Electronic Hallway. Once logged on to Electronic Hallway as a member, click Case Search in the Cases and Resources category on themain web page. Enter ""death, dying, bereavement"" (without the quotation marks) in the search box, select ""all of the words"" in the drop down menu, and click Submit. The search process will generate a list of Teaching Notes for cases from Dying, Death, and Bereavement in Social Work Practice: Decision Cases for Advanced Practice.

By: Terry A. Wolfer, Vicki M. Runnion
Imprint: Columbia University Press
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 254mm, Width: 178mm, Spine: 20mm
Weight: 666g
ISBN: 9780231141741
ISBN 10: 0231141742
Series: End-of-Life Care: A Series
Pages: 280
Publication Date: 03 July 2008
Audience: Professional and scholarly , College/higher education , Undergraduate , Primary
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

To Instructors To Readers Preface and Acknowledgments Introduction to the Cases Case Summaries 1. The Request 2. ResponsAbilities 3. Family Matters 4. Drug Interactions 5. Whose Will When? 6. Unusual Appeal 7. The Last Dose 8. No Place for Grief (A) 9. Right Before Their Eyes 10. Private Charity (A) 11. Suicidal Co-ed 12. What Can I Tell? (A) 13. Grief at Work 14. Dying on Time 15. Just Thinking About It 16. A Painful Predicament 17. 'Til Death Do Us Part? 18. I Want to Talk to Your Supervisor! 19. Drowning Sorrows (A) 20. Seizing Hope (A) 21. Gifts (A) 22. Patty's Girls 23. I Don't Want Them Mad at Me (A) , by 05wolfrunn00_toc.doc:

Terry A. Wolfer is an associate professor of social work at the University of South Carolina and serves on the editorial board of Social Work in End-of-Life and Palliative Care. His research interests include social work education and religion and spirituality in social work practice. Vicki M. Runnion is a social worker at Hospice of Louisville, Kentucky. Employed in end-of-life care since 1980, she also staffs the ethics committee for the Hospice of Louisville and coordinates orientation for new social workers and chaplains. She was previously an adjunct instructor in social work at the University of South Carolina, Columbia College, and the University of Louisville.

Reviews for Dying, Death, and Bereavement in Social Work Practice: Decision Cases for Advanced Practice

I know of no other work that provides such carefully detailed accounts of real life practice scenarios. The role of social workers and the dilemmas they face are illustrated beautifully across a variety of contexts. This volume serves as a valuable reference for all educators, students, and professionals seeking to understand the complexities of end-of-life care. -- Betty J. Kramer, University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Social Work A significant contribution. Faculty and students will appreciate having 'real life' decision cases that reflect the complexity of practice at end-of-life and during bereavement. -- Nancy Hooyman, School of Social Work at the University of Washington