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Fernandes, Fernanda de Souza, Fabiane Ferraz, Giovana Ilka Jacinto Salvaro, Amanda Castro, and Jacks Soratto. "Social representations of health professionals about terminally ill children and adolescents." Revista CEFAC 20, no. 6 (December 2018): 742–52. http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/1982-021620182062618.

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ABSTRACT Purpose: to understand the social representations of health professionals about terminally ill children and adolescents in different work settings. Methods: a qualitative, descriptive, exploratory study was conducted with ten health professionals, selected through the technique of network sampling. The instruments for data collection were semi-structured interviews, and free association of words. The analysis of the data followed the steps of content analysis, subsidized by the theory of social representations, with the support of Atlas.ti software. Results: the analysis of the interviews presented 115 excerpts of statements, condensed into 11 codes, which were grouped into three categories: experiences, strategies, and consequences of conviviality with terminality; mission and amorousness in a terminal condition; terminality as the end of life. The free association of words resulted in 52 evocations, with an emphasis on suffering, pain, love, mission, and family. Conclusion: the social representations of health professionals about terminally ill children and adolescents are associated with the situations being experienced, the strategies developed to deal with these moments in the exercise of the profession, and the consequences that this experience causes in the health professionals.

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Miller, Janet. "Social work theory and practice with the terminally ill." Social Science & Medicine 32, no. 12 (January 1991): 1435–36. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/0277-9536(91)90206-r.

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Tang, Yong. "Challenges, personal growth and social support among family caregivers of terminally ill cancer patients in Southern China." Qualitative Social Work 18, no. 4 (February 2, 2018): 638–54. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1473325018755890.

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The purpose of this study was to obtain a deeper understanding of the experiences of family caregivers of terminally ill cancer patients in Shenzhen, Southern China. This study sought to describe how being the main caregiver influences family caregivers’ daily lives. This article reports on the findings from individual interviews with 20 family caregivers of terminally ill cancer patients. The interview transcripts were analyzed using qualitative thematic analysis, which revealed that caring for a cancer patient over the course of his or her illness significantly affected many aspects of family caregivers’ lives. Three major themes were identified in their experiences: (1) challenges, (2) personal growth, and (3) social support. In exploring these themes, this article offers insights into family caregivers’ experiences in Southern China, particularly among family members of terminally ill cancer patients and presents implications for future professional practice, especially oncology social work.

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BREITBART, WILLIAM. "“Unintended consequences”: Can legalizing physician-assisted suicide actually result in improved palliative care practices?" Palliative and Supportive Care 1, no. 3 (September 2003): 213–14. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s1478951503030372.

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In this issue of Palliative & Supportive Care, we are pleased to present recent work from Dr. E.R. Goy et al. (“Oregon hospice nurses and social workers' assessment of physician progress in palliative care over the past 5 years”) regarding their observations of the impact of the legalization of physician-assisted suicide in the state of Oregon. In 1977, Oregon enacted the Death with Dignity Act, which legalized physician-assisted suicide for terminally ill patients. In the past 5 years, a relatively small number of terminally ill patients in Oregon have requested assisted suicide and, after evaluation, were provided with physician assistance (Ganzini et al., 2002).

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Herberg, Dorothy Chave. "Book Review: Social Work Practice with the Terminally Ill: The Transcultural Perspective." Journal of Palliative Care 8, no. 2 (June 1992): 58–61. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/082585979200800219.

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Wallace, Jo-Anne. "Book Review: Social Work Theory and Practice with the Terminally Ill,2nd Ed." American Journal of Hospice and Palliative Medicine® 18, no. 5 (September 2001): 356–57. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/104990910101800514.

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Smith, Douglas C. "The Terminally Ill Patient's Right to be in Denial." OMEGA - Journal of Death and Dying 27, no. 2 (October 1993): 115–21. http://dx.doi.org/10.2190/xr88-6bdj-fj91-evy2.

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Contrary to much literature on death and dying addressing the necessity for people's openness in facing death, an argument is presented in favor of being supportive of a terminally-ill person's choice to deny death's inevitability. After presenting an illustrative case study on the choice of denial, the author draws upon the supportive work of some of the foremost experts in the field of death and dying. Finally, the author addresses the implications for the dying person's counselor and the consequences for the dying person's social milieu.

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Heras, P., K. Kritikos, A. Georgopoulou, A. Hatzopoulos, and N. Kritikos. "Spirituality and religion in terminally ill patients with cancer." Journal of Clinical Oncology 25, no. 18_suppl (June 20, 2007): 19587. http://dx.doi.org/10.1200/jco.2007.25.18_suppl.19587.

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19587 Background: The importance of spirituality and religion in coping with a terminal illness is becoming increasingly recognised. We aimed to assess the relation between spiritual well-being, religiosity, depression, and end-of-life despair in terminally-ill cancer patients. Methods: One hundred forty three terminally ill cancer patients with a life expectancy of less than 6 months were interviewed with a series of standardised instruments, including the FACIT Spiritual Well-Being Scale, a religiosity index similar to those used in previous research, the Hamilton depression rating scale, the Memorial Symptom Assessment Scale and the Duke-UNC Functional Social Support Questionnaire. Results: A strong negative association was observed between the FACIT Spiritual Well-Being scale and the HDRS, but no such relationship was found for religiosity. Similar patterns were observed for the FACIT subscales, finding a strong negative association between the meaning and peace subscale (which corresponds to the more existential aspects of spirituality) and HDRS scores, whereas a positive, albeit nonsignificant, association was observed for the faith subscale (which corresponds more closely to religiosity). Conclusions: These results suggest that the beneficial aspects of religion may be primarily those that relate to spiritual well-being rather than to religious practices per se. Spiritual well-being offers some protection against end-of-life despair in those for whom death is imminent. The area of spiritual work is fertile ground for further investigation, especially interventions aimed at improving spiritual health and general quality of life among terminally ill patients with cancer. No significant financial relationships to disclose.

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Montero, Darrel. "End-of-Life Issues in the United States after Terri Schiavo: Implications for Social Work Practice." Advances in Social Work 12, no. 2 (September 8, 2011): 164–80. http://dx.doi.org/10.18060/1841.

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The very public death of Terri Schiavo in 2005 alerted Americans to what is a growing ethical, medical, and social crisis: the status of end-of-life issues and decisions in the United States. Currently, Oregon is the only state to give terminally ill patients the right to end their lives, with physicians’ help, if they so choose. Public opinion data from 1977 to the present show that Americans support greater rights for individuals facing end-of-life decisions--up to and including physician-assisted suicide and euthanasia. This paper considers the status of end-of-life issues in the United States after Terri Schiavo’s death and examines the opportunities for advocacy by social workers who serve clients and families encountering this complex and controversial issue.

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Stella, Silvia, Ivan Fossati, Elena Vegni, and Egidio A. Moja. "Storie di pazienti oncologici che muoiono e dei curanti che li accompagnano: uno studio qualitativo sul mondo interno degli psicologi." PSICOLOGIA DELLA SALUTE, no. 1 (June 2009): 57–67. http://dx.doi.org/10.3280/pds2009-001004.

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- Literature regarding the care of terminally ill patients at the end of life underlines the difficult experience of caring both by physicians and nurses. The goal of this study is to investigate the professional experience of psychologists who deal with terminally ill patients. Two narratives about the perception of professional success and insuccess were asked to 40 psychologists who usually work with advanced cancer patients. 37 psychologists accepted to participate, the 42% gave al least one narrative. The 54.8% of the narratives was about professional success, the 45.2% was about insuccess. The narratives were examined using an hermeneutical-interpretative method, according to Grounded Theory. The narratives concerning professional insuccess pointed out feelings of isolation, fear, anxiety and helplessness. Those regarding a professional success focused on a good relationship between the psychologist, the patient and the context. Specific issues emerged from the study: questions arising from the patient's refusal of the psychological treatment, the absence of difficulty in initiating end-of-life discussions, and the lack of requirement for specific training.Key words: psychologist, professional experience, end of life, cancer patients, qualitative research.Parole chiave: psicologo, vissuto professionale, fine vita, pazienti oncologici, ricerca qualitativa.

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Dissertations / Theses on the topic "Social work with the terminally ill"

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Ng, Lai-nga. "An exploratory study on an interventive approach to work with the spouse of patients with terminal illness /." [Hong Kong : University of Hong Kong], 1987. http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkuto/record.jsp?B1234168X.

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Choy, Yin-san Catherine. "An exploratory study on anticipatory grieving : case studies of spouses of terminally ill patients /." [Hong Kong : University of Hong Kong], 1987. http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkuto/record.jsp?B12341575.

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Choy, Yin-san Catherine, and 蔡妍珊. "An exploratory study on anticipatory grieving: case studies of spouses of terminally ill patients." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 1987. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B31247799.

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Ng, Lai-nga, and 吳麗雅. "An exploratory study on an interventive approach to work with the spouse of patients with terminal illness." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 1987. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B31247957.

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Comben, Carole R. "Swampy territory : the role of the palliative care social worker in safeguarding children of adults who are receiving specialist palliative care." Thesis, University of Stirling, 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/1893/3062.

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There is minimal research into families where a person who is receiving palliative care has dependent children. In particular, there is a lack of information about the work that palliative care social workers undertake with such families. This study examines the role of the palliative care social worker in safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children of adults receiving specialist palliative care. This is a qualitative study involving the collection of information from a total of 57 palliative care social workers in three ways: focus groups, survey and semi-structured interviews. The analysis demonstrates that palliative care social workers understand the term 'safeguarding children' to mean more than child protection alone. The analysis also focuses on the process of referral, institutional barriers, supports for their work with children, and inter-agency collaboration. An equally important aspect of the analysis, and one generally neglected in psycho-social studies, relates to the socio-economic context of the palliative care social workers' work, including the effects of the immigration status of families on children. In the main, concerns about the present and future care of children come to the attention of palliative care social workers via members of the multidisciplinary team in which they are based. The numbers are reported to be relatively small in contrast to the total number of referrals received. The extent to which support to children is provided varies considerably; some palliative care agencies do not encourage palliative care social workers to work directly with children prior to bereavement and others restrict direct work with children post-bereavement. The main emphasis for all workers, however, is on support to the parents to help them understand their children's needs during the terminal phase of the illness. The well-being of children at this time of emotional stress is included in the palliative care social workers' definition of 'safeguarding children'. In addition, the wide-ranging examination of the palliative care social workers' involvement with the families illustrates the extent of the dedication involved in an under-resourced and little understood area of their work. Whilst palliative care social workers reported receiving basic training on child protection within their agency, with some themselves providing this training, further training on safeguarding children is not always available or known about. The amount and type of professional supervision and support is also varied, particularly in relation to child-care matters; not all have access to supervision from another social work professional. There are a small number of examples given in the study where children are considered to be at risk in some way. Children cared for by lone parents are recognised as being especially vulnerable, particularly if future care plans are not in place before the death of the parent. Also identified as vulnerable are children of parents whose immigration status is in question as their future location may be in doubt, placing children and the surviving parent under additional stress. One of the major difficulties for palliative care social workers is securing support services from local authority children's services. Whilst there are examples of collaboration and co-operation, the findings in this study echo those of others which examine the relationship between adult and children's services. In this study, palliative care social workers speak of frustration and disappointment in the responses they receive, and they are concerned that the needs of children of dying parents are not understood. This study contributes to the debate about the focus of children in care services for adults and how staff may be supported in their task of safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children. This study also adds to the limited existing knowledge about palliative care social work practice.

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Friedman, Mark David. "The holocaust survivor's experience of death and dying : a model for social work assessment and intervention." Thesis, McGill University, 2002. http://digitool.Library.McGill.CA:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=29554.

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This paper investigates whether or not the experience of survivors of the Holocaust through the dying process follow the stages and tasks of dying as defined in the theoretical literature and the ramifications this has for the social worker serving these individuals and their families. The methodology employed was a library search to overlay the literature on death and dying upon the literature concerning Holocaust survivors. The study concludes that, for the most part, there is little congruence between the theories of dying and the coping mechanisms of the Holocaust survivor and that a different model of death and dying is required for this population. In order to provide a preliminary model and guide workers who might encounter terminally ill survivors and their families as patients and clients, approaches for engagement, assessment, and intervention are proposed and analyzed.

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Chan, Chi-ho. "A clinical data mining study of the psychosocial status of Chinese cancer patients in palliative care." View the Table of Contents & Abstract, 2007. http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkuto/record/B38165570.

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Maree, Lutricia Elzette. "Social workers in private practice in the Western Cape : attitudes and responses towards persons living with HIV-infection and AIDS." Master's thesis, University of Cape Town, 1993. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/14228.

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The Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS) has increasingly become a serious public health threat, reaching pandemic proportions. Against this background, the role of health care professionals is becoming progressively more important due to the multi-faceted impact of the disease on the lives of HIV-infected and AIDS-patients. The psychosocial impact of the disease compels social workers to contribute their services. The skills of clinical social workers however distinguish them from their counterparts in generic settings in that it enables them to create a therapeutic milieu conducive to the successful treatment of the AIDS-patient. Social workers in private practice may however be regarded as being in an even better position to deal with AIDS-patients due to the autonomous nature of their work environment. Several studies have been done both locally and abroad, on the role that knowledge, attitudes and behaviour of health care professionals play with regard to the treatment of the AIDS-patient. No such studies have however focussed on social workers in private practice as a population. Al though this population have sets of skills most appropriate for the treatment of these patients, the question however recurs as to whether they are adequately equipped regarding AIDS-education, and if they do perhaps share similar feelings of fear, stigma and attitudes of discrimination towards these patients as have surfaced in the studies mentioned above. This study therefore has as its main objectives the following: To establish whether social workers in private practice feel adequately equipped to deal with issues of HIV, AIDS and human sexuality; and to determine the degree of correlation among attitudes to AIDS-patients, homosexuals, terminally ill patients and sexuality, and other variables such as experience, gender and knowledge on the subject of AIDS.

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Chan, Chi-ho, and 陳智豪. "A clinical data mining study of the psychosocial status of Chinese cancer patients in palliative care." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 2007. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B3857312X.

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Feris, Reinett Freya. "The psychosocial stressors of women with HIV/AIDS involved in a support group (in Walvis Bay)." Thesis, Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2005. http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/50513.

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Thesis (MA)--Stellenbosch University, 2005.
ENGLISH ABSTRACT: An exploratory study was conducted to determine the psychosocial stressors of women living with HIV/AlDS. The study also included the utilisation of group work by social workers to support HIV positive women. The exploratory study was also conducted to determine HIV positive women's experiences in a support group. The researcher's interest in group work, as well as her involvement with a support group with HIV positive women, is the motivation for the study. The aim of the study is to provide an explanation of the psychosocial stressors that HIV positive women experience and also to capture their experiences regarding the support group they attend. Nine psychosocial stressors, namely anger, fear, loss, grieve, guilt, denial and disclosure, depression, suicidal behaviour and anxiety, were included in the literature study. The advantages, disadvantages and components of group work, as well as comparisons of effective and ineffective groups, were highlighted. The research also focused on planning a group for women with HIV/AlDS, with special attention given to the needs assessment, the purpose of the group, the group composition and the structure of the group. The value of group work with HIV positive women was investigated. The universum was HIV positive women at the Walvis Bay Multi-Purpose Centre. The qualitative research method that was used took the form of structured interviews. The results of this study generally confirmed the findings of the literature study. Recommendations include ways in which social workers can assist HIV positive women not only on an individual basis but also especially in a group setting, and recommendations concerning future research. The importance of future research with HIV positive women was especially recommended.
AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: 'n Verkennende studie is onderneem om die psigososiale stresfaktore wat HIV positiewe vroue ondervind, te bepaal. Die studie het ook maatskaplike werkers se gebruik van groepwerk om HIV positiewe vroue te ondersteun, ondersoek. Die navorsing is voorts onderneem om HIV positiewe vroue se ervarings van 'n ondersteunersgroep te bepaal. Die navorser se belangstelling in groepwerk, en haar betrokkenheid by 'n ondersteunersgroep vir HIV positiewe vroue, was die motivering om die studie te onderneem. Die doel met die studie is om die psigososiale stresfaktore wat HIV positiewe vroue ondervind, te beskryf en te verduidelik, en ook om sommige van die ervarings wat sulke vroue in 'n ondersteunersgroep ondervind, te boekstaaf. Nege psigososiale stresfaktore, naamlik woede, vrees, verlies, droefheid, skuldgevoel, ontkenning en onthulling, depressie, selfmoordgedrag en angs, is in die literatuurstudie bestudeer. Die komponente en voor- en nadele van groepwerk, asook 'n vergelyking van effektiewe en oneffektiewe groepe is ook ingesluit. Die beplanning van 'n groep vir HIV positiewe vroue is benadruk, met spesiale verwysing na die behoeftebepaling, en die doel, die samestelling en die struktuur van die groep. Die waarde van groepwerk vir HIV positiewe vroue is ook ondersoek. Die universum is HIV positiewe vroue by die Walvisbaai Multi-Purpose Centre. Die kwalitatiewe navorsingsmetode wat gebruik is, is gestruktureerde onderhoude. Die resultate van die studie het in die algemeen die bevindinge van die literatuurstudie onderskryf. Aanbevelings sluit in wyses waarop maatskaplike werkers HIV positiewe vroue nie alleen op 'n individuele basis nie, maar ook in groepsverband kan ondersteun, asook moontlike gebiede vir verdere navorsing. Die belang van verdere navorsing met HIV positiewe vroue word veraI beklemtoon.

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Books on the topic "Social work with the terminally ill"

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K, Parry Joan, ed. Social work practice with the terminally ill: A transcultural perspective. Springfield, Ill., U.S.A: C.C. Thomas, 1990.

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Payne, Malcolm. Social work in end-of-life and palliative care. Chicago, Ill: Lyceum Books, 2009.

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), Niagara District Health Council (Ont. A palliative care service network for Niagara: A proposal. Fonthill, Ont: The Council, 1985.

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Force, Palliative Care Task. A palliative care service network for Niagara: A discussion paper. Fonthill, Ont: The Council, 1985.

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Marilyn, Relf, and Couldrick Ann, eds. Counselling in terminal care and bereavement. Leicester: BPS Books, 1996.

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Reith, Margaret. Social work in end-of-life and palliative care. Chicago, Ill: Lyceum Books, 2009.

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Bailey, Sally Steenhusen. Creativity and the close of life: A comprehensive history of the development of the model arts program at the Connecticut Hospice with practical suggestions for implementation in other health care settings. Bradford, CT: Connecticut Hospice, 1990.

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Crépet, André. Aider à mieux vivre la mort. Lyon: Chronique sociale, 1988.

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Smith, Carole R. Trabajo social con moribundos y su familia. Mexico, D.F: Editorial Pax Mexico, 1988.

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Adolf, Holl, ed. Neues vom Tod: Heutige Umgangsformen mit dem Sterbenmüssen. Wien: Ueberreuter, 1990.

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Stewart, Gill, and John Stewart. "Ill Health, Old Age and Housing." In Social Work and Housing, 122–44. London: Macmillan Education UK, 1993. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-22394-7_6.

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Pollack, Daniel. "In re Roger B. 418 N.E.2d 751 (Ill. App. 1981)." In Social Work and the Courts, 78–80. New York: Routledge, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.4324/9781003249894-25.

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Lee, Eunjung, A. Ka Tat Tsang, Marion Bogo, Marjorie Johnstone, and Jessica Herschman. "Clients and case managers as neoliberal subjects? Shaping session tasks and everyday interactions with severely mentally ill (SMI) clients." In Social Work and Neoliberalism, 56–69. London: Routledge, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.4324/9781003142225-6.

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Paulson, Robert I. "The role of social work in providing services to persons with serious mental illness." In Service needs of the seriously mentally ill: Training implications for psychology., 115–18. Washington: American Psychological Association, 1990. http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/10077-021.

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Farkas, Marianne, and William A. Anthony. "Factors affecting faculty and curriculum development in departments of psychology, psychiatry, nursing, and social work." In Service needs of the seriously mentally ill: Training implications for psychology., 145–48. Washington: American Psychological Association, 1990. http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/10077-027.

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Richter, Marlise, and Kholi Buthelezi. "Stigma, Denial of Health Services, and Other Human Rights Violations Faced by Sex Workers in Africa: “My Eyes Were Full of Tears Throughout Walking Towards the Clinic that I Was Referred to”." In Sex Work, Health, and Human Rights, 141–52. Cham: Springer International Publishing, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-64171-9_8.

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AbstractAn ethical and forward-looking health sector response to sex work aims to create a safe, effective, and non-judgemental space that attracts sex workers to its services. Yet, the clinical setting is often the site of human rights violations and many sex workers experience ill-treatment and abuse by healthcare providers. Research with male, female, and transgender sex workers in various African countries has documented a range of problems with healthcare provision in these settings, including: poor treatment, stigmatisation, and discrimination by healthcare workers; having to pay bribes to obtain services or treatment; being humiliated by healthcare workers; and, the breaching of confidentiality. These experiences are echoed by sex workers globally. Sex workers’ negative experiences with healthcare services result in illness and death and within the context of the AIDS epidemic act as a powerful barrier to effective HIV and STI prevention, care, and support. Conversely positive interactions with healthcare providers and health services empower sex workers, affirm sex worker dignity and agency, and support improved health outcomes and well-being. This chapter aims to explore the experiences of sex workers with healthcare systems in Africa as documented in the literature. Findings describe how negative healthcare workers’ attitudes and sexual moralism have compounded the stigma that sex workers face within communities and have led to poor health outcomes, particularly in relation to HIV and sexual and reproductive health. Key recommendations for policy and practice include implementation of comprehensive, rights-affirming health programmes designed in partnership with sex workers. These should be in tandem with structural interventions that shift away from outdated criminalized legal frameworks and implement violence prevention strategies, psycho-social support services, sex worker empowerment initiatives, and peer-led programmes.

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Lazarević Di Giacomo, Persida. "Fu colpa del 1817: l’uscita di Solarić dallo Žitije di Zelić." In Biblioteca di Studi Slavistici, 53–71. Florence: Firenze University Press, 2019. http://dx.doi.org/10.36253/978-88-6453-979-9.06.

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The paper illustrates the reasons that lead Serbian philologist Pavle Solarić not to finish his editing of Gerasim Zelić’s autobiography Žitije, which was originally supposed to be published by the Venetian typography of Teodosio. It is generally assumed that ill health and ultimately death prevented Solarić from finishing his job; however, the paper speculates that Solarić may have set his editing work aside in order to give priority to other editorial activities, as well as to foster his social connections with Frederick North and with members of the Shelley Circle.

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Kapilashrami, Anuj, and Ekatha Ann John. "Health Beyond Borders: Migration and Precarity in South Asia." In IMISCOE Research Series, 201–13. Cham: Springer International Publishing, 2023. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-34194-6_14.

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AbstractMigration patterns in South Asia are defined by temporary migration of low-wage labourers within and across national borders. The conditions in which migrants move, live and work expose them to multiple health risks that cause chronic ailments, mental health problems, and increase their susceptibility to airborne and waterborne diseases. Despite this, public policies and mainstream discourses in the region overlook migrants’ health needs or tend to pathologize them as carriers of infectious diseases. In this chapter, we take stock of the regional evidence on migrants’ health, presenting an overview of their health and the underlying social and structural determinants. In reviewing this evidence, we identify the high-risk and disempowering conditions in which they work, the transient nature of their lives and livelihoods, and the intersecting inequalities they face based on distinct aspects of their social location. Together, these conditions, identities and social locations produce distinct yet inter-related and interlocking oppressive states of insecurity, disempowerment, dispossession, exclusion and disposability, locking migrants in a continuing cycle of poverty and ill-health.

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Tabuns, Aivars. "Latvian Migrants in Foreign Labour Markets: Job Placement and Discrimination." In IMISCOE Research Series, 97–115. Cham: Springer International Publishing, 2019. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-12092-4_5.

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Abstract The majority of migrants from Latvia move abroad intending to work, and so fall into the category of ‘work migrants’. A crucial role in their job placement is played by an increasingly complex network of intermediaries. This includes formal employment agencies, more informal, social network-based mediators and even illegal service providers. Despite the agencies providing job placements abroad being subject to regulations, fraud and the mistreatment of jobseekers has emerged as a cause for concern. Even when there is no ill will from the intermediaries, immigrant workers often suffer discrimination from their employers, sometimes leading to a re-evaluation of their return migration plans. This chapter explores the employment conditions of Latvian migrant workers. It analyses the operation of private employment agencies offering employment abroad and, in more general terms, sheds light from the Latvian migrant workers’ perspective on their treatment by employers. In doing so, this analysis demonstrates that almost a fifth of those respondents who used the services of private employment agencies had experienced unfair treatment. Moreover, at least one in three Latvian migrant workers encountered some form of discrimination at work, and around one in six were in a precarious and vulnerable position due to the nature of their employment contract. The chapter concludes with recommendations for further studies and policy development.

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"Working with the Interdisciplinary Team." In Social Work Theory and Practice with the Terminally Ill, 49–70. Psychology Press, 2014. http://dx.doi.org/10.4324/9781315827650-8.

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Conference papers on the topic "Social work with the terminally ill"

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Truhlarova, Zuzana. "HOME CARE FOR TERMINALLY ILL." In 2nd International Multidisciplinary Scientific Conference on Social Sciences and Arts SGEM2015. Stef92 Technology, 2015. http://dx.doi.org/10.5593/sgemsocial2015/b11/s2.072.

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Hussey, L., A. Money, M. Gittins, and R. Agius. "P67 The relationship between socio-economic class and work-related mental ill-health." In Society for Social Medicine, 61st Annual Scientific Meeting, University of Manchester, 5–8 September 2017. BMJ Publishing Group Ltd, 2017. http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/jech-2017-ssmabstracts.168.

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Share, Perry, and John Pender. "Helping tomorrow’s social professionals to learn about social robotics." In Sixth International Conference on Higher Education Advances. Valencia: Universitat Politècnica de València, 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.4995/head20.2020.11205.

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This paper identifies that social robotics and autonomous technologies will inevitably impact on the field of care for human beings. Those currently employed in caring roles, and those about to enter these roles, are generally ill-prepared to respond to this challenge: whether it is to develop the skills to work alongside such technologies or to critically engage with their development. The paper outlines a current Erasmus+ funded international project (PRoSPEro) that brings together social roboticists, educators, learners, practitioners and policymakers in order to develop, pilot, assess and deploy innovative pedagogical materials to address the gap in provision. It also describes a locally-generated learning opportunity within futures studies that facilitates learners to engage directly with these new technologies. The paper provides ideas for strategies and techniques to successfully engage learners from social science and therapeutic-based fields to engage with urgent contemporary technological issues.

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Assunção, Silvaleide Ataides, Ianca Leandra Santos, and Rosemar Macedo Sousa Rahal. "PALLIATIVE CARE IN BREAST CANCER: CHALLENGES IN MEDICAL PRACTICE AND PROMOTING QUALITY OF LIFE." In Abstracts from the Brazilian Breast Cancer Symposium - BBCS 2021. Mastology, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.29289/259453942021v31s2070.

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Objectives: Breast cancer is the main neoplasm affecting women, and in many cases, curative treatment is not feasible. In this context, it is important to work with other forms of assistance that provide symptom relief and better quality of care for these patients. Therefore, the objective of this work is to portray the importance of attention and care to patients with breast cancer, whose cure is not possible, since it generates better acceptance of the situation and a more humanized end, with less suffering, pain, and anguish. Methodology: This is a descriptive research carried out based on a review of the medical literature available through a survey of publications from the past 12 years in the PubMed, Lilacs, and MedLine databases. The following descriptors were used: palliative care, home care, and breast cancer. Results: From the analysis performed, it can be seen that approximately 30% of patients diagnosed with breast cancer have some depressive disorder. This fact occurs due to the shock of the news of having an extremely serious disease, due to the disorders arising from the treatment or the progression of the disease itself. When assessing patients with breast cancer, who have palliative care at home, this percentage drops to approximately 9%, meaning an abrupt improvement in the quality of life of these people, resulting from multiprofessional home treatment. Conclusion: Given this situation, it is observed that home care, though insufficiently explored, has a good response for terminally ill patients. Therefore, it appears that palliative care should be better explored by both the public and private health systems, as this tool is capable of mitigating the adversities caused by cancer and improving the quality of life of patients and their families in this difficult stage.

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Lubitskaya, O. A. "Motivation as a personal resource for professional well-being of employees of the penitentiary system." In III ALL-RUSSIAN SCIENTIFIC CONFERENCE WITH INTERNATIONAL PARTICIPATION “ACHIEVEMENTS OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, CULTURAL INITIATIVES AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT-DNIT-III-2024”. Krasnoyarsk Science and Technology City Hall, 2024. http://dx.doi.org/10.47813/dnit-iii.2024.11.2008.

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In the article the author discusses professional well-being as a specific type of human’s well-being. The psychological content and scheme of research analysis of the components of professional well-being of employees of the penitentiary system were revealed. Indicators of professional well-being / ill-being in terms of psychophysiological, emotional-evaluative, value-semantic and motivational components has been recorded. The hierarchy and correlation of motives for work activity has been analyzed. Based on the results of the correlation analysis, it is shown that internal and social motives are personal resources for the professional well-being of employees of the penitentiary system, external motives correlate with indicators of professional ill-being.

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Owens, Janine, Rosie Allen, Amelia Pearson, Susan Davies, Catherine Robinson, and Alys Young. The impact of COVID-19 on social care and social work in the UK: A Scoping Review Protocol. INPLASY - International Platform of Registered Systematic Review and Meta-analysis Protocols, March 2022. http://dx.doi.org/10.37766/inplasy2022.3.0174.

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Review question / Objective: What are the medium and long-term effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on practitioners and organisations providing social work and social care to adults in the UK? Rationale: The pandemic has exerted adverse effects on staff morale and well-being, with sickness absence rises across the sector and increased difficulties in recruiting staff from agencies, despite a pre-COVID government recruitment campaign (https://www.gov.uk/government/news/adult-social-care-recruitment-care-campaign-launched-to-boost-workforce). Care home providers report extreme anxiety and distress, burnout and financial concerns (CQC, 2020). These worsened during the proposed introduction of mandatory vaccination care home workers (Bell et al. 2021). Social care workers report a lack of support in terms of training and equipment, sleep disturbances and increasing levels of mental ill health (Pappa et al. 2020; Williamson et al. 2020; Donnelly et al. 2021). They also report experiencing conflicts in terms of caring for people with diverse needs (Greenberg et al. 2020). Some research suggests that workers experienced professional growth during the pandemic, but that this came at a cost to their own mental health (Billings et al. 2021). Other research reported increased team unity and more reflection on what mattered in life (Aughterson et al. 2021). One editorial claims that the pandemic created a reduction of bureaucracy and the emergence of more efficient ways of working in social care in Local Authorities (Golightley & Holloway 2020). The evidence appears conflicting and frequently fails to separate health care and social care work, when the roles and structures of service delivery organisations are different. There is also a lack of differentiation in reporting on effects on the social care workforce in general, and specifically social workers and statutory social work.

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McLure, Hamish, Samantha Shinde, Nancy Redfern, Jane Marshall, Zaid Al Najjar, Steve Bree, Paula Keats, Smita Oswal, Victoria McCormack, and Blandina Blackburn. Return to work. Association of Anaesthetists, 2024. http://dx.doi.org/10.21466/g.rtw.2024.

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Work is important. For most, it provides a host of positive emotions as well as the opportunity for social contact and the financial support that enables us to enrich our lives in other ways. If we can no longer work due to ill health, requirement to look after a loved one or following capability or conduct proceedings, the personal impact can be devastating. Even when taking time out of the workplace for positive life enhancing reasons, such as having a baby or a career break to pursue another interest, there can still be a negative impact on knowledge, skills, self-esteem, confidence and finances. An absence of 3 months or more is likely to significantly affect skills and knowledge, and an absence of 2 years or more is generally accepted as a period when formal retraining will be required. Returning to work after a prolonged period away is often greeted with a mixture of eagerness and anxiety for the clinician returning and the manager facilitating the process. For anaesthetists, there are additional concerns compared with some other specialties because anaesthesia requires a comprehensive medical knowledge-base, advanced technical skills to be immediately available and the ability to cope with multiple stimuli as well as the stamina to remain vigilant during long quiet periods. Anaesthesia is an intellectually, physically and emotionally demanding specialty. In this high-risk environment, an underperforming anaesthetist may easily harm a patient. Such high stakes mandate a thoughtful and carefully planned return. Even senior colleagues will require support, supervision, assessment, and in some cases further training. Returning colleagues may have obvious physical scars, but there may also be psychological injuries that are hidden. Good communication is key, but sharing important information must be balanced with confidentiality. If the return is tailored to the individual and managed well, colleagues will come back as healthy, safe and productive doctors. If it is done badly, there is the potential for significant harm to both patients and colleagues.

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Williams, Sarah. Silos and Systems. Auckland University of Technology, November 2023. http://dx.doi.org/10.24135/10292/16947.

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Executive Summary Education and health are interrelated. Education is positively associated with health behaviours, life expectancy, and morbidity and is an established social determinant of health. However, for learning to occur, children must be healthy, ready, and able. All too frequently, ill-health compromises learning and school attendance, leading to long-term negative consequences throughout life. Positioning health services alongside schools, and upholding collaborative intersectoral working, has positively impacted education and health outcomes for children and young people internationally. In New Zealand, however, the education and health sectors work in silo with no formal directive to do otherwise. Achieving and maintaining inter-sectoral collaboration is therefore challenging, piecemeal, and time-consuming. It is further complicated by system structure, competing priorities, and differing perspectives of the two sectors and those working within them. This multicase study of three urban primary schools explored the relationship between school staff and health services and the influences on this relationship. The study focused on the experiences and perspectives of participant principals, teachers, teacher aides, administrative staff, and Special Educational Needs Co-ordinators (SENCO) working with health services. Data were collected through semi-structured interviews, observations, and reviews of staff professional development and other related learning opportunities. The findings highlighted the uncoordinated working relationship between the health and education sectors in New Zealand and the current barriers to achieving workable, inter-sectoral collaboration. This study has confirmed the need for better inter-sector alignment while acknowledging the interdependence of both sectors. Collaborative inter-sectoral work between education and health is critical. The findings from this study recommend developing and implementing a national policy enabling these sectors to work together to achieve optimal education and health outcomes for children and young people in New Zealand.

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Murray, Chris, Keith Williams, Norrie Millar, Monty Nero, Amy O'Brien, and Damon Herd. A New Palingenesis. University of Dundee, November 2022. http://dx.doi.org/10.20933/100001273.

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Robert Duncan Milne (1844-99), from Cupar, Fife, was a pioneering author of science fiction stories, most of which appeared in San Francisco’s Argonaut magazine in the 1880s and ’90s. SF historian Sam Moskowitz credits Milne with being the first full-time SF writer, and his contribution to the genre is arguably greater than anyone else including Stevenson and Conan Doyle, yet it has all but disappeared into oblivion. Milne was fascinated by science. He drew on the work of Scottish physicists and inventors such as James Clark Maxwell and Alexander Graham Bell into the possibilities of electromagnetic forces and new communications media to overcome distances in space and time. Milne wrote about visual time-travelling long before H.G. Wells. He foresaw virtual ‘tele-presencing’, remote surveillance, mobile phones and worldwide satellite communications – not to mention climate change, scientific terrorism and drone warfare, cryogenics and molecular reengineering. Milne also wrote on alien life forms, artificial immortality, identity theft and personality exchange, lost worlds and the rediscovery of extinct species. ‘A New Palingenesis’, originally published in The Argonaut on July 7th 1883, and adapted in this comic, is a secular version of the resurrection myth. Mary Shelley was the first scientiser of the occult to rework the supernatural idea of reanimating the dead through the mysterious powers of electricity in Frankenstein (1818). In Milne’s story, in which Doctor S- dissolves his terminally ill wife’s body in order to bring her back to life in restored health, is a striking, further modernisation of Frankenstein, to reflect late-nineteenth century interest in electromagnetic science and spiritualism. In particular, it is a retelling of Shelley’s narrative strand about Frankenstein’s aborted attempt to shape a female mate for his creature, but also his misogynistic ambition to bypass the sexual principle in reproducing life altogether. By doing so, Milne interfused Shelley’s updating of the Promethean myth with others. ‘A New Palingenesis’ is also a version of Pygmalion and his male-ordered, wish-fulfilling desire to animate his idealised female sculpture, Galatea from Ovid’s Metamorphoses, perhaps giving a positive twist to Orpheus’s attempt to bring his corpse-bride Eurydice back from the underworld as well? With its basis in spiritualist ideas about the soul as a kind of electrical intelligence, detachable from the body but a material entity nonetheless, Doctor S- treats his wife as an ‘intelligent battery’. He is thus able to preserve her personality after death and renew her body simultaneously because that captured electrical intelligence also carries a DNA-like code for rebuilding the individual organism itself from its chemical constituents. The descriptions of the experiment and the body’s gradual re-materialisation are among Milne’s most visually impressive, anticipating the X-raylike anatomisation and reversal of Griffin’s disappearance process in Wells’s The Invisible Man (1897). In the context of the 1880s, it must have been a compelling scientisation of the paranormal, combining highly technical descriptions of the Doctor’s system of electrically linked glass coffins with ghostly imagery. It is both dramatic and highly visual, even cinematic in its descriptions, and is here brought to life in the form of a comic.

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