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1978

Terminal care

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Medical Social Workers' Attitudes Toward Death And Related Matters, Lon M. Stratton Jan 1978

Medical Social Workers' Attitudes Toward Death And Related Matters, Lon M. Stratton

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The purpose of this study to examine the attitudes of several (MSW) medical social workers, currently employed in hospital settings, regarding: (1) death and dying issues, (2) education and training received related to working with the terminally ill patient, (3) specific practice issues which relate to the terminal patient, and, lastly, (4) the effectiveness of each social worker's place of employment in meeting the needs of the terminally ill patient and providing for adequate training of staff in this sensitive area.