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Peer reviewedItzhaky, Haya; Lipschitz-Elhawi, Rachel – Health and Social Work, 2004
This article focuses on supervision of social workers who feel despair and hopelessness in treating terminally ill patients. The emotional difficulties that may lead to these feelings are discussed. A special model of supervision that relates to hope as a strategy to help social workers cope with such difficulties is presented. The model suggests…
Descriptors: Supervision, Patients, Depression (Psychology), Terminal Illness
Peer reviewedWerner, Perla; Carmel, Sara; Ziedenberg, Hanna – Health and Social Work, 2004
Data were collected from 213 nurses and 61 social workers at major hospitals across Israel. Whereas nurses reported being more involved in the daily care of terminally ill patients, social workers reported being more involved in discussions with patients and family members. Nurses were more willing than social workers to use artificial feeding and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Ventilation, Patients, Terminal Illness
Peer reviewedCsikai, Ellen L. – Health and Social Work, 2004
Ethical dilemmas are inherent in every health care setting. A sample of hospice social workers with no direct access to a hospice ethics committee (N = 110) was surveyed regarding ethical issues in hospice care, how the issues were managed, and the extent to which social workers participated in resolution of ethical dilemmas. Common issues…
Descriptors: Patients, Terminal Illness, Social Work, Hospices (Terminal Care)
Peer reviewedBecker, Janet E. – Health and Social Work, 2004
Members of the Association of Oncology Social Workers completed a survey, which included the Hospice Philosophy Scale (HPS) assessing the likelihood of the worker referring a terminally ill patient to hospice, background and experience, and demographics. The respondents held overwhelmingly favorable attitudes toward hospice philosophy and care,…
Descriptors: Patients, Social Work, Referral, Oncology
