Online Courses

• Social Work and End of Life Care AOSW, 6.0 CEUs
• Social Work and End of Life Care II AOSW, 4.0 CEUs
• The Social Work Survival Toolbox: Advocacy Training for social workers in oncology and related fields AOSW, 6.0 CEUs
• Understanding End of Life Care: The Social Worker's Role NASW, 2.0 CEUs (free)
• Understanding Cancer: The Social Worker's Role NASW, 2.0 CEUs (free)
• Understanding Aging: The Social Worker's Role NASW, 2.0 CEUs (free)
• Helping Students Cope with Trauma and Loss for school personnel CUSSW, 3.0 G Credits NYC

Textbooks

• Teaching Resources for End of Life and Palliative Care Courses by Ellen L. Csikai and Barbara Jones, 2007
  ISBN: 978-1-933478-10-4
• Living Through Loss: Interventions Across the Life Span by Nancy R. Hooyman and Betty J. Kramer, 2006 ISBN: 0-231-12246-2
• Ethics In End-of-life Decisions in Social Work Practice by Ellen L. Csikai and Elizabeth Chaitin, 2005 ISBN: 0925065528
• Grief and Loss: Theories and Skills for Helping Professionals by Katherine Walsh-Burke, 2005 ISBN: 0205398812
• Living with Dying: A Handbook for End-of-Life Healthcare Practitioners Edited by Joan Berzoff and Phyllis Silverman, 2004 ISBN: 0-231-12794-4
• Healing Children’s Grief: Surviving a Parent’s Death from Cancer by Grace Hyslop Christ, 2000 ISBN: 0195105915

Certificate Programs

• Post-Master’s Certificate in Palliative and End-of-Life Care New York University (NYU) School of Social Work - 40 CEUs
  Minimum of one year of experience in palliative and end-of-life care related work.

Interdisciplinary Programs

• College of Palliative Care - Scholars Program Scholar retreat program, Sept 16-18, 2008
• Advocating for Clinical Excellence - Transdisciplinary Palliative Care Education
  Course 3 is November 11-14, 2008.
  Application deadline 6/30/08.

Online Dialogue

• SWHPN Membership Community within the Link Health Pro online system

Practice Standards

• NASW Standards for Social Work Practice in Palliative and End of Life Care - NASW, 2005
• Clinical Practice Guidelines for Quality Palliative Care National Consensus Project, 2005
• Crosswalk of JCAHO Standards & Palliative Care - CAPC, 2004
• Clinical Practice Guidelines for the Psychosocial Care of Adults with Cancer - National Breast Cancer Centre & National Cancer Control Initiative (Australia), 2003.
  
• A Model to Guide Hospice Palliative Care: Based on National Principles and Norms of Practice - Canadian Hospice Palliative Care Association, 2003.
• National Psychosocial Oncology Standards for Canada -Canadian Association of Psychosocial Oncology, 1999

Academic Journals

• American Journal of Hospice and Palliative Medicine
• Death Studies
• European Journal of Palliative Care
• Innovations in End-of-Life Care Journal
• Journal of Pain and Symptom Management
• Journal of Palliative Care
• Journal of Palliative Medicine
• Journal of Psychosocial Oncology
• Journal of Psycho-Oncology
• Journal of Social Work Education
• Journal of Social Work in End-of-Life & Palliative Care
• Omega
• Pain
• Palliative Medicine
• Progress in Palliative Care
• Qualitative Social Work Journal
• Supportive Care in Cancer

Additional Links

• American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine
• Americans for Better Care of the Dying
• Association of Oncology Social Work
• Association of Pediatric Oncology Social Workers
• Center to Advance Palliative Care
• City of Hope Pain Resource Center
• College of Palliative Care at AAHPM
• Council on Social Work Education
• Duke Institute on Care at the End of Life
• Hartford Geriatric Social Work Initiative
• Institute for the Advancement of Social Work Research
• International Association for Hospice & Palliative Care
• Kidney End of Life Coalition
• National Association of Social Workers
• National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization
• National Palliative Care Research Center
• Society for Social Work Leadership in Health Care

Membership

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