Social Work in End-Of-Life and Palliative Care

by Margaret Reith and Malcolm Payne

Book Overview

This succinct yet comprehensive book written by Margaret Reith and Malcolm Payne combines the authors' more than 70 years of social work experience to provide a definitive introduction to social work practice in end-of-life and palliative care. Reith and Payne trace the development of palliative care and the important role of social work within it. The book's unique sociological focus on required practitioner knowledge of death, dying, and bereavement...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1933478586
• ISBN13: 9781933478586
• Release Date: March 2009
• Publisher: Lyceum Books
• Length: 239 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 8.8" x 0.3" x 6.3"