Social Work Theory and Practice with the Terminally Ill Book

Contents

• Preface
• Chapter 1. Current Situation
• Attitudes Toward Death
• Effects of Institutionalization
• Institutional Characteristics
• Model of Care for the Terminally Ill
• The Hospice Movement
• Social Workers and Terminal Illness
• Summary
• Chapter 2. Defining Terminal Illness
• Coping Patterns of the Terminally Ill
• Models of the Dying Trajectory
• Case Histories
• Models of the Dying Process
• Theoretical Framework for Working with Dying Patients
• Summary
• Chapter 3. Working with the Interdisciplinary Team
• Members of the Team
• Origins of the Interdisciplinary Team Concept
• Introduction of Team Concept to Acute Care Hospital
• The Hospital Interdisciplinary Team
• Hospice As a Self-Help Concept
• Summary
• Chapter 4. Working with the Patient and Family
• The Social Worker
• The Patient and Family As a Unit of Care
• Applying the Hospice Concept in the Hospital and Skilled Nursing Facility
• Summary
• Chapter 5. Grief: Working with the Survivors
• Defining Grief
• The Risks to Survivors
• Experiencing Loss
• Social Work Issues
• Prevention
• Counseling Survivors
• Pathological Grief
• Summary
• Chapter 6. Transitions and Reflections
• Transitions
• Euthanasia, Physician-Assisted Dying, Living Wills, and Patients' Rights
• Recent Medical Interventions of the Latter Part of the Twentieth Century
• Reflections and Possibilities
• Conclusion
• Bibliography
• Index
• Reference Notes Included