This textbook on palliative social work is a companion volume to the Oxford Textbook of Palliative Medicine and the Oxford Textbook of Palliative Nursing. To that end, this chapter will accomplish the following:

♦Collaboration between social workers and spiritual care professionals can enrich the care of patients and families.

♦There are similarities and differences in each discipline's values, roles, and tasks.

♦Challenges and opportunities abound in the collaboration between social work and spiritual care.