Congratulations to Susan Blacker, who has been chosen to receive SWHPN’s 2010 Social Work Leadership Award. Currently the Director of Cancer Services, Planning and Performance at St. Michael’s Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, Susan juggles multiple leadership and administrative, teaching, and research roles [click to continue…]
2010 Leadership Award Winner
March 1, 2010
Agenda and Registration for SWHPN Preconference
February 12, 2010
This SWHPN preconference to the AAHPM/HPNA Annual Assembly will take place March 3, 2010, in Boston, MA at the John B. Hynes Memorial Convention Center. If you do not plan to attend the entire AAHPM conference you may register as “Preconference only – Session P14.” [click to continue…]
Successful CAPC & SWHPN Audio Conference
December 14, 2009
On Thursday, December 10, 2009, SWHPN co-sponsored an audio conference hosted by the Center to Advance Palliative Care (CAPC) entitled The Hospital Palliative Care Team and the Social Worker from 1:30-2:30 pm EST with 872 participants. [click to continue…]
New Faculty Positions in End-of-Life Care
December 11, 2009
Case Western Reserve University has developed a new Center on Building End-of-Life Science Through Positive Human Strengths and Traits. The Center provides two years’ funding with 75% time protected for research, plus generous start-up funds and research mentoring, for three new tenure-track Assistant Professor positions beginning in June 2010. [click to continue…]
