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Social Workers as Leaders on Palliative Care Teams: A Podcast with Barbara Jones

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In day-to-day practice, It’s hard to imagine providing excellent hospice or palliative care services without access to a team social worker. But are we really taking full advantage of ALL social workers have to offer our field? Summary Transcript Summary. by: Anne Kelly, LCSW, APHSW-C. Alex: And we also like to welcome-.

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Palliative Care in India: M.R. Rajagopal

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Social pain and loneliness. Rajagopal (goes by “Raj”), one of the pioneers of palliative care in India. Raj is an anesthesiologist turned palliative care doctor. He is also author of the book, “ Walk with the Weary: Lessons in Humanity in Health Care ,” and was featured in this Atlantic article. Community-based palliative care networks .

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How to discuss stopping screening: Mara Schonberg

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So my mother’s a social worker and she did domestic violence counseling forever. So when I got to a residency and at that point I was in residency 1999 to 2002 and we were being taught to screen everyone no matter what. How did you get interested in this? Mara: Yeah, definitely. Is it okay if we talk about this now?