Dying, Death, and Bereavement in Social Work Practice: Decision Cases for Advanced Practice

Terry A. Wolfer and Vicki M. Runnion

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Paper, 280 pages,
ISBN: 978-0-231-14175-8
$32.00 / £22.00

June, 2008
Cloth, 280 pages,
ISBN: 978-0-231-14174-1
$90.00 / £62.00

To Instructors

To Readers

Preface and Acknowledgments

Introduction to the Cases

Case Summaries

1. The Request

2. ResponsAbilities

3. Family Matters

4. Drug Interactions

5. Whose Will When?

6. Unusual Appeal

7. The Last Dose

8. No Place for Grief (A)

9. Right Before Their Eyes

10. Private Charity (A)

11. Suicidal Co-ed

12. What Can I Tell? (A)

13. Grief at Work

14. Dying on Time

15. Just Thinking About It

16. A Painful Predicament

17. 'Til Death Do Us Part?

18. I Want to Talk to Your Supervisor!

19. Drowning Sorrows (A)

20. Seizing Hope (A)

21. Gifts (A)

22. Patty's Girls

23. I Don't Want Them Mad at Me (A)









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Related Subjects

• Gerontology
• Social Work

Series

• End of Life Care: A Series

About the Author

Terry A. Wolfer is an associate professor of social work at the University of South Carolina and serves on the editorial board of Social Work in End-of-Life and Palliative Care. His research interests include social work education and religion and spirituality in social work practice. Vicki M. Runnion is a social worker at Hospice of Louisville, Kentucky. Employed in end-of-life care since 1980, she also staffs the ethics committee for the Hospice of Louisville and coordinates orientation for new social workers and chaplains. She was previously an adjunct instructor in social work at the University of South Carolina, Columbia College, and the University of Louisville.

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