Would palliative care patients benefit from social workers' retaining the traditional 'casework' role rather than working as care managers? A prospective serial qualitative interview study

British Journal of Social Work

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 277-285

  Clausen, Hans ^a,f   Kendall, Marilyn ^b   Murray, Scott ^b   Worth, Allison ^c   Boyd, Kirsty ^c,d   Benton, Fred ^e  

^a WESTERN GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b Primary Palliative Care Research Group   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^d ROYAL INFIRMARY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^e St Columba's Hospice   (United Kingdom)

^f Tolbooth Hall   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Palliative care; Potential role of social worker; Qualitative research

Indexed keywords

EID: 24144488689     PISSN: 00453102     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/bjsw/bch176     Document Type: Article

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