Creating social work competencies for practice in hospice palliative care

Palliative Medicine

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 79-87

  Bosma, Harvey ^a   Johnston, Meaghen ^a   Cadell, Susan ^b   Wainwright, Wendy ^c   Abernethy, Ngaire ^d   Feron, Andrew ^e   Kelley, Mary Lou ^f   Nelson, Fred ^g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b WILFRID LAURIER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c Victoria Hospice Society   (Canada)

^d Brandon Regional Health Centre   (Canada)

^e PARKWOOD HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^f LAKEHEAD UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^g WINNIPEG REGIONAL HEALTH AUTHORITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Delphi technique; End of life care; Palliative care; Social work competencies; Social work practice

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANADA; CONSENSUS; CURRICULUM; DELPHI STUDY; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HOSPICE CARE; HUMAN; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT; SOCIAL WORK; SOCIAL WORKER; TEACHER; TERMINAL CARE; WORK EXPERIENCE;

ADULT; CANADA; CHILD; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; DELPHI TECHNIQUE; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HOSPICE CARE; HUMANS; INTERPROFESSIONAL RELATIONS; PALLIATIVE CARE; PROFESSIONAL ROLE; SOCIAL WORK;

EID: 75149151174     PISSN: 02692163     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0269216309346596     Document Type: Article

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