Resources

Online Courses

Coordinating Care at the End of Life: The Role of Hospice AHF 6.5 CEUs
Achieving Cultural Competence to Reduce Health Disparities in End of Life Care NASW 2 CEUs
Understanding End of Life Care: The Social Worker’s Role NASW 2 CEUs
Understanding Cancer: The Social Worker’s Role NASW 2 CEUs
Understanding Aging: The Social Worker’s Role NASW 2 CEUs
Grief at School AHF 2 CEUs
Helping Students Cope with Trauma and Loss CUSSW 3 G Credits NYC

Textbooks Written by Social Workers

Transforming Palliative Care in Nursing Homes: The Social Work Role edited by Mercedes Bern-Klug, 2010 ISBN: 978-0-231-13225-1
Teaching Resources for End of Life and Palliative Care Courses by Ellen L. Csikai and Barbara Jones, 2007 ISBN: 978-1-933478-10-4
Living Through Loss: Interventions Across the Life Span by Nancy R. Hooyman and Betty J. Kramer, 2006 ISBN: 0-231-12246-2
Ethics In End-of-life Decisions in Social Work Practice by Ellen L. Csikai and Elizabeth Chaitin, 2005 ISBN: 0925065528
Grief and Loss: Theories and Skills for Helping Professionals by Katherine Walsh-Burke, 2005 ISBN: 0205398812
Living with Dying: A Handbook for End-of-Life Healthcare Practitioners Edited by Joan Berzoff and Phyllis Silverman, 2004 ISBN: 0-231-12794-4
Healing Children’s Grief: Surviving a Parent’s Death from Cancer by Grace Hyslop Christ, 2000 ISBN: 0195105915

Certificate Programs

Post-Master’s Certificate in Palliative and End-of-Life Care New York University (NYU) School of Social Work – 40 CEUs – Minimum of one year of experience in palliative and end-of-life care related work.
End of Life Care Certificate Program Smith College School of Social Work – 57 CEUs – Minimum of two years of post-graduate experience and in current practice with end-of-life care issues. Oct 7-10, 2010 and Apr 14-17, 2011. Application due by Sept 7.

Interdisciplinary Programs

College of Palliative Care – Scholars Program Scholar retreat program, Oct 12-14, 2010
Advocating for Clinical Excellence – Transdisciplinary Palliative Care Education Reunion Conference October 20-22, 2010

E-mail Discussions

SW-PALL-EOL Listserv for Social Work Practitioners

Online Dialogue

SWHPN Membership Community within the Link Health Pro online system

Practice Standards

NASW Standards for Social Work Practice in Palliative and End of Life Care – NASW, 2005
Clinical Practice Guidelines for Quality Palliative Care National Consensus Project, 2005
Crosswalk of JCAHO Standards & Palliative Care – CAPC, 2004
Clinical Practice Guidelines for the Psychosocial Care of Adults with Cancer – National Breast Cancer Centre & National Cancer Control Initiative (Australia), 2003.
A Model to Guide Hospice Palliative Care: Based on National Principles and Norms of Practice – Canadian Hospice Palliative Care Association, 2003.
National Psychosocial Oncology Standards for Canada -Canadian Association of Psychosocial Oncology, 1999

Academic Journals

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