Resources

Allied Organizations

• American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine (AAHPM)
• Center to Advance Palliative Care (CAPC)
• Hospice and Palliative Nurses Association (HPNA)
• National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization (NHPCO)
• National Coalition of Hospice and Palliative Care (NCHPC)

Certificate Programs for Social Workers

• California State University Institute for Palliative Care
• Post-Master’s Certificate in Palliative and End-of-Life Care New York University (NYU) School of Social Work – 80 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

Interdisciplinary Programs

• College of Palliative Care – Scholars Program Scholar retreat program
• Advocating for Clinical Excellence – Transdisciplinary Palliative Care Education

Textbooks Written by Social Workers

• Oxford Textbook of Palliative Social Work edited by Terry Altilio and Shirley Otis-Green, 2011 ISBN: 0-19-973911-0
• Transforming Palliative Care in Nursing Homes: The Social Work Roleedited 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 PractitionersEdited 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
• Voices of Bereavement: A Casebook for Grief Counselors by Joan Beder, 2004 ISBN: 0415946158
• Death, Dying and Bereavement in Social Work Practice by Terry Wolfer and Vikki Runnion, 2008 ISBN: 0231141750

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

Additional Links

• Americans for Better Care of the Dying
• Association for Death Education and Counseling
• Association of Oncology Social Work
• Association of Pediatric Oncology Social Workers
• BEST Center
• Canadian Hospice Palliative Care Association
• Center for Practical Bioethics
• City of Hope Pain Resource Center
• College of Palliative Care at AAHPM
• Council on Social Work Education
• Duke Institute on Care at the End of Life
• European Association for Palliative Care
• Hartford Geriatric Social Work Initiative
• Hospice Foundation of America
• Initiative for Pediatric Palliative Care
• Institute for the Advancement of Social Work Research
• International Association for Hospice & Palliative Care
• International Congress on Palliative Care
• International Palliative Care Family Research Center
• Kidney End of Life Coalition
• National Association of Social Workers
• National Healthcare Decisions Day
• National Hospice Work Group
• National Palliative Care Research Collaboration
• Pain & Policy Studies Group
• Social Work Degrees
• Social Work Leadership Institute
• Society for Social Work Leadership in Health Care