- I Historical Context
- II Social Work Practice: Setting Specific
- III Social Work Practice: Screening, Assessment, and Intervention
- 16 Screening, Assessment, and a Problem-Solving Intervention for Distress
- 17 Mental Health Risk in Palliative Care: The Social Work Role
- 18 Addressing Suffering in Palliative Care: Two Psychotherapeutic Models
- 19 Spirituality and Social Work Practice in Palliative Care
- 20 Discovering Strengths and Growth in Palliative Care
- 21 Caregivers in Palliative Care: Roles and Responsibilities
- 22 Families and Family Conferencing
- 23 The Doctor within: Integrative Medicine, Social Work, and Palliative Care
- 24 Sexuality, Sensuality, and Intimacy in Palliative Care
- 25 The Social Work Role in Pain and Symptom Management
- 26 The Whys and Wherefores of Support Groups: Helping People Cope
- 27 Social Work and Technology: The Software and Hard Drive of Patient and Family Care
- 28 Bereavement in the Beginning Phase of Life: Grief in Children and Their Families
- 29 Holding On and Letting Go: The Red Thread of Adult Bereavement
- IV Population-Specific Practice
- V Collaborations in Palliative Care
- VI Regional Voices from a Global Perspective
- VII Ethics
- VIII Professional Issues
- Lessons Epilogue: Learned Along the Yellow Brick Road
(p. 319) Holding On and Letting Go: The Red Thread of Adult Bereavement
- Chapter:
- (p. 319) Holding On and Letting Go: The Red Thread of Adult Bereavement
- Author(s):
Susan Gerbino
and Mary Raymer
- DOI:
- 10.1093/med/9780199739110.003.0029
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:
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- I Historical Context
- II Social Work Practice: Setting Specific
- III Social Work Practice: Screening, Assessment, and Intervention
- 16 Screening, Assessment, and a Problem-Solving Intervention for Distress
- 17 Mental Health Risk in Palliative Care: The Social Work Role
- 18 Addressing Suffering in Palliative Care: Two Psychotherapeutic Models
- 19 Spirituality and Social Work Practice in Palliative Care
- 20 Discovering Strengths and Growth in Palliative Care
- 21 Caregivers in Palliative Care: Roles and Responsibilities
- 22 Families and Family Conferencing
- 23 The Doctor within: Integrative Medicine, Social Work, and Palliative Care
- 24 Sexuality, Sensuality, and Intimacy in Palliative Care
- 25 The Social Work Role in Pain and Symptom Management
- 26 The Whys and Wherefores of Support Groups: Helping People Cope
- 27 Social Work and Technology: The Software and Hard Drive of Patient and Family Care
- 28 Bereavement in the Beginning Phase of Life: Grief in Children and Their Families
- 29 Holding On and Letting Go: The Red Thread of Adult Bereavement
- IV Population-Specific Practice
- V Collaborations in Palliative Care
- VI Regional Voices from a Global Perspective
- VII Ethics
- VIII Professional Issues
- Lessons Epilogue: Learned Along the Yellow Brick Road
