Bereavement assessment practice in hospice settings: Challenges for palliative care social workers

British Journal of Social Work

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 111-130

  Agnew, Audrey ^a   Manktelow, Roger ^b   Haynes, Tommy ^c   Jones, Louise ^d  

^a Marie Curie Palliative Care Research Unit   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER   (United Kingdom)

^c Department of Mental Health ^*  (United Kingdom)

^d ROYAL FREE AND UNIVERSITY COLLEGE MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

assessment; Bereavement; hospice; social work

Indexed keywords

EID: 79251478003     PISSN: 00453102     EISSN: 1468263X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/bjsw/bcq055     Document Type: Article

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