Hospice social work: a search for identity
Humans; United States; Aged; Social Work; Role; Philosophy; Hospice Care/psychology; Hospices/trends
This article describes social work's contribution to hospice philosophy and practice, calls attention to the lack of a distinct social work function on hospice teams, and examines various ways to resolve the problem of social work identity in hospice care. Insights from recent peer discussions of hospice social workers tend to support Kulys and Davis's (1986) earlier findings that psychosocial care is provided regularly by hospice team members other than social workers. Options for strengthening the hospice social work role are discussed, including the development of more specific therapeutic techniques and social work leadership in conducting applied research. The importance of maintaining a value-based, critical perspective is stressed.
1991
MacDonald D
Health & Social Work
1991
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Journal Article
<a href="http://doi.org/10.1093/hsw/16.4.274" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">10.1093/hsw/16.4.274</a>
Staff Efficiency Trends Among Pediatric Hospices, 2002-2011.
Adolescent; California; Child; Child Preschool; Efficiency Organizational/statistics & Numerical Data; Female; Forecasting; Hospice Care/statistics & Numerical Data; Hospice Care/trends; Hospice Care/statistics & Numerical Data; Hospices/trends; Hospitals Pediatric/statistics & Numerical Data; Hospitals Pediatric; Humans; Infant; Infant Newborn; Male; Personnel Staffing And Scheduling/statistics & Numerical Data; Personnel Staffing And Scheduling/trends; Workload/statistics & Numerical Data; Young Adult
This study provided the first examination of staff efficiency trends among pediatric hospices. Although pediatric staff efficiency demonstrated large variability from 2002 to 2011, the general trend in efficiency from 2003 to 2010. The decline in efficiency means, on average, pediatric hospices had higher operating expenses and used more capacity, but greater amounts of these greater outputs as measured by visits per patient. The study also highlights the crucial role pediatric hospice nurse managers play in developing effective workforce strategies that allow for responsive changes to workload fluctuations. Due to the associations between efficiency, regulation, and growth, nurse leaders' abilities to develop effective strategies are more imperative than ever to ensure quality end-of-life care for children and their families.
Cozad MJ; Lindley LC; Mixer SJ
Nursing Economic$
2016
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PMCID: PMC5045247