Titlu: "Oxford Textbook of Palliative Social Work"
An aparitie: 2011
Pagini: 812
Editura:Oxford University Press, New York, 2011

ISBN: 9780199739110 0199739110
Editor: Terry Altilio and Shirley Otis-Green

Autor: dr. Dégi L. Csaba, Faculty of Sociology and Social Work
Palliative Social Work in Central Eastern Europe: Case of Romania

Oxford Textbook of Palliative Social Work

The Oxford Textbook of Palliative Social Work is a comprehensive, evidence-informed text that addresses the needs of professionals who provide interdisciplinary, culturally sensitive, biopsychosocial-spiritual care for patients and families living with life-threatening illness.

Social workers from diverse settings will benefit from its international scope and wealth of patient and family narratives. Unique to this scholarly text is its emphasis on the collaborative nature inherent in palliative care. This definitive resource is edited by two leading palliative social work pioneers who bring together an array of international authors who provide clinicians, researchers, policy-makers, and academicians with a broad range of content to enrich the guidelines recommended by the National Consensus Project for Quality Palliative Care.

Key Concepts

• Palliative care is new, unrecognized, and still in development in Romania.
• Cancer and HIV/AIDS-related needs are prevalent in Romania.
• Social work in palliative care is limited in Romania, with few training opportunities.
• Traditional, family-based culture of care is central to palliative practice.

© Oxford University Press 2011