Oncology social worker competencies and implications for education and training

Social Work in Health Care

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 355-375

  Zebrack, Brad ^a   Walsh, Katherine ^b   Burg, Mary Ann ^c   Maramaldi, Peter ^d   Lim, Jung Won ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b SPRINGFIELD COLLEGE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d Simmons School of Social Work   (United States)

^e CITY OF HOPE NATIONAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Cancer; Clinical social work; Education; Oncology; Training

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EDUCATION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NEOPLASM; ONCOLOGY; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL WORK; STANDARD; UNITED STATES;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; MEDICAL ONCOLOGY; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NEOPLASMS; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; SOCIAL WORK; UNITED STATES;

EID: 61449339859     PISSN: 00981389     EISSN: 1541034X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00981380802173954     Document Type: Article

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