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Physician Assisted Suicide And Midwest Social Workers: Are They Ready?, Nicole Rose Gaston
Physician Assisted Suicide And Midwest Social Workers: Are They Ready?, Nicole Rose Gaston
Master of Social Work Clinical Research Papers
Physician assisted suicide (PAS) is explicitly legal in four states, legal by court decision in one, and bills have been introduced in 25 other states including Minnesota, Iowa, and Wisconsin. This quantitative study was designed to understand Midwest, end of life social workers attitudes towards PAS, their preparedness for the implementation of PAS into their practice, and their awareness of PAS legislation where they practice. Sixty-two end of life social workers from Minnesota, Iowa, and Wisconsin completed an anonymous online survey. The results indicate that over half of the participants support PAS legislation and ¼ are neutral or undecided which …
Medical Social Worker’S Understandings Of Spirituality In Patient Care, Sarah Huiskes
Medical Social Worker’S Understandings Of Spirituality In Patient Care, Sarah Huiskes
Master of Social Work Clinical Research Papers
Spirituality is defined as “an individual’s connection or relationship with God or with some other kind of transcendent being or dimension (Hodge & Horvath, 2011, p. 307).” Based on past literature, a patient’s spiritual or faith belief has the potential to influence their healthcare outcomes, coping ability, decision-making surrounding their healthcare, as well as their quality of life (Puchalski, Ferrell, Otis-Green, & Handzo, 2015). As social workers in the medical setting aim to provide psychosocial support, the inclusion of a spiritual assessment to determine the spiritual and faith needs of each patient in order to deliver individual patient care seems …
Social Workers In The New York Times: A National Portrayal, Heather Smoley
Social Workers In The New York Times: A National Portrayal, Heather Smoley
Master of Social Work Clinical Research Papers
Social work is a profession that is diverse and difficult to define, and the way in which social workers are portrayed in the news provides information on the profession to the general public. There is little previous research on the subject of social workers portrayed in the news. To fill this gap in information, this study seeks to answer the question of how are social workers portrayed in national news stories published by the New York Times from 2010 to 2015. A textual analysis of 50 New York Times articles was collected using ProQuest Newsstand. Articles were then analyzed using …