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The Oxford Textbook of Palliative Social Work

Second Edition

Edited by Terry Altilio, Shirley Otis-Green, and John G. Cagle

Cleverly organized around settings, populations, diagnoses, interventions which enhances readers' connections to the subject
Learning experiences are created by real life narratives, exercises, and resources link theory
Emphasis on the ethics and social justice aspects of healthcare provides context and understanding of equity in social work and palliative care situations
Provides readers a historical perspective and framework to enrich and inform future practice and policy
Specific interventions detailed for social workers to build skills for effective practice
Chapters written by international experts broaden readers' perspectives

New to this Edition:

Enhanced emphasis on the ethics and social justice aspects of healthcare provides context and understanding of equity in social work and palliative care
Includes additional chapters that reflect the increased integration of palliative social work across populations, diagnoses, and settings
Specific interventions detailed for social workers to build skills for effective practice
Updated learning experiences integrating patient and family narratives, use of technology, and relevant resources
A professional issues section expands topics of mentoring, supervision, advocacy, leadership, certification, legacy, and resilience
A chapter on COVID-19 highlighting the experiences of social workers around the world during a global pandemic

The Oxford Textbook of Palliative Social Work

Second Edition

Edited by Terry Altilio, Shirley Otis-Green, and John G. Cagle

Description

The Oxford Textbook of Palliative Social Work is a comprehensive, evidence-informed text that provides clinicians, researchers, policy-makers, and academics with a broad range of content to inform and enhance palliative social work practice. This definitive resource brings together an array of more than 150 international authors and is edited by three leading palliative social work pioneers to address the needs of professionals providing interprofessional, culturally sensitive, biopsychosocial-spiritual care for patients and families living with serious illness. Social workers from diverse settings will benefit from the historical perspective and international scope as well as the wealth of patient and family narratives.

In keeping with the dynamic growth of the field over the last decade, this second edition offers a substantially deeper dive both conceptually and contextually into the more nuanced delivery of palliative social work. This edition includes additional chapters that reflect the increased integration of palliative social work across populations, diagnoses, and settings. Each chapter has been extensively updated integrating current evidence, with a section specifically devoted to interventions for the purpose of affirming the scope of social work palliative practice. A new preface highlights aspects of social-political inequity and injustice that informed the development, process, and ultimate content of this Text. International palliative social work practice is reflected by regional voices and highlighted by an exploration of the unique response to the COVID-19 pandemic as it evolved in their respective countries. Professional issues explore topics of mentoring, supervision, advocacy, leadership, certification, legacy, and resilience.

The Oxford Textbook of Palliative Social Work

Second Edition

Edited by Terry Altilio, Shirley Otis-Green, and John G. Cagle

Contents
Forewords
Susan Blacker
Betty R. Ferrell
Kathleen M. Foley
George Handzo
Matthew J. Loscalzo
Diane E. Meier
Russell K. Portenoy
Preface
Acknowledgments
Contributors

I. Converging Contexts of Care

1. Centering the Lens of Social Justice
Eucharia Borden, Meagan Lyon Leimena, and Bridget Sumser
2. Health Equity in Palliative Care
Tessa Jones, Frances Nedjat-Haiem, and Karen Bullock
3. The Importance and Impact of Culture in Palliative Care
Todd D. Becker and John G. Cagle
4. Spirituality and Social Work Practice in Palliative Care
Dona J. Reese, Holly Nelson-Becker, and Ann M. Callahan
5. The Power of Language: Inviting Attention and Intention to Word Choice
Terry Altilio and Anne Kelemen

II. Historical Context-Bringing History Forward

6. Guess Who's Coming to Dinner? The Evolving Identity of Palliative Social Workers
Philip C. Higgins
7. Social Work and Palliative Care-The Early History
Dame Cicely Saunders
8. Palliative Social Work: An Historical Perspective
Bernice Catherine Harper

III. Collaborative Contexts

9. A Commitment to Collaborate: Challenges and Opportunities
Jill Farabelli and Vickie Leff
10. Walking across to Collaboration
Terry Altilio

IV. Person-Centered, Family-Focused Practice

11. Interventions to Support Children and Adolescents during Parental Illness
Katie Aliberti
12. Social Work in Pediatric Palliative Care
Barbara L. Jones, Stacy S. Remke, Rachel Carnahan-Metzger, and Farya Phillips
13. Adolescents and Young Adults Living with Serious Illness
Christabel K. Cheung and Lori Wiener
14. LGBTQ Patient Palliative Care: A Queery into Quality of Life
Charlie Blotner and Danae Dotolo
15. Beyond Vulnerability: Enhancing Agency and Adapting Systems
Sarah Gehlert and Teresa Moro
16. A House Is Not a Home: Palliative Care with People Experiencing Homelessness
Adam Schoenfarber and Pamela Adams
17. Dying in a Foreign Land
Iraida V. Carrion
18. Palliative Care for Veterans
Louisa Daratsos and Alba Lopez
19. Palliative Social Work with Older Adults and Their Families
Deborah Waldrop, Mercedes Bern-Klug, John G. Cagle, and Daniel S. Gardner

V. Person-Centered, Family-Focused Practice across Diagnoses

20. Person-Centered Practice in an Expanding Palliative Care Landscape
Chris Onderdonk
21. Palliative Social Work and Heart Failure
Arden O'Donnell and Tracy Ng
22. The Collaboration of Palliative Care and Oncology Social Work
Annabelle Bitter and Malory Lee
23. Dementia: Challenges and Opportunities across the Trajectory of Care
Abigail Nathanson and Abigail L. Latimer
24. Palliative Care in Chronic Kidney Disease
Elizabeth B. Anderson and Teri Browne
25. Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis and Neurologic Disease: The Role for Palliative Social Work
Judith Wood Mintz
26. Palliative Care during the COVID-19 Pandemic: Opportunities for Growth in the Face of Loss and Isolation
Carina Oltmann and Sheri Mila Gerson
27. Clinical Trials and the Role of Social Work
Karlynn BrintzenhofeSzoc

VI. Person-Centered, Family-Focused Practice across Settings

28. Palliative Care Consultation
Colleen M. Mulkerin, Katherine S. Lepak, and Sara Z. Morrison
29. Palliative Social Work in the Emergency Department
Robin Rudy Lawson and Maya Genovesi
30. Palliative Social Work in the Intensive Care Unit
Nina Laing
31. Surviving the Intensive Care Unit
Nina Laing and Anna Lewis
32. Palliative Care in the Perinatal and Neonatal Setting
Meagan Lyon Leimena and Rachel Rusch
33. Outpatient Palliative Care: Walking the Path Together
Anne Front
34. Home-Based Palliative Care
Kennan Moore, Christine Goldstein, and Jeanine Sanderoff
35. Social Work in Hospice Care
John G. Cagle and Rachel E. Brandon
36. Pediatric Hospice and Palliative Care: The Invaluable Role of Social Work
Stacy F. Orloff
37. Palliative and Hospice Care for Incarcerated Persons
Katharine P. Supiano and Jamey Boudreaux
38. Palliative Care in Long-Term Care Facilities
Mercedes Bern-Klug, Kara A. Carter, and Kelsey Simons
39. The Integration of Rehabilitative Therapies and Palliative Care
Jennifer Schutt
40. Palliative Social Work in Rural Communities
Karla T. Washington and Christine M. Lero
41. When Inner Cities Are Motivated by Compassion: The Role of Palliative Social Work
Richard B. Francoeur and Kenneth R. Sergiacomi

VII. Regional Voices from an International Perspective

42. International Palliative Social Work
Sheri Mila Gerson and Pam Firth
43. Palliative Social Work: An African Perspective
Jennifer Hunt and Valerie Maasdorp
44. It Takes Two to Tango: The Social Worker and the Family in Palliative Care
Elena D'Urbano
45. Australian Palliative Social Work
Patricia Collins, Julie Greathouse, Brendan Myhill, and Lauren Gough
46. Social Work and Palliative Care in Brazil
Lena Lansttai Bevilaqua Menezes and Leticia Andrade
47. Palliative Social Work in Canada
Susan Cadell and Harvey Bosma
48. Culture- Sensitive Palliative Social Work with Chinese Populations
Ming Ming Cheng and Cecilia Lai Wan Chan
49. Palliative Care: An Indian Perspective
Aarti Jagannathan, Srilatha Juvva, and Priya Treesa Thomas
50. Palliative Social Work in Israel
Tali Samson
51. Culture, Social Determinants of Health, and Palliative Care in the Pacific Basin
Lana Sue Ka'opua, Luana M. Y. Scanlan, and Yvonne Duhaylongsod Yim
52. Palliative Social Work in Romania: New Perspectives
Petruța Anania and Csaba László Dégi
53. Palliative Social Work in Singapore
Cheng Wan Peh and Tzer Wee Ng
54. Palliative Social Work in Switzerland
Marc-Antoine Berthod and Laetitia Probst-Barroso
55. Palliative Social Work in the United Kingdom
Becky Chaddock, Sally Paul, and Anne Cullen

VIII. Interventions: Foundations of Palliative Social Work Practice

56. Merging Research and Clinical Practice
Tamara Cadet
57. Families and Family Conferencing
Iris Cohen Fineberg
58. Family Caregivers in Palliative Care: Social Work Roles and Responsibilities
Myra Glajchen and Christine Wilkins
59. Mental Health Risk in Palliative Care: The Social Work Role
Katherine Walsh and Susan Hedlund
60. Connections and Context: Thinking Critically about Strengths, Resilience, and Growth
Sheryl Lee Shermak and Susan Cadell
61. Advance Directives from a Social Work Perspective: Influence of Culture and Family Dynamics
Ramona Bullock-Johnson and Karen Bullock
62. The Social Work Role in Pain and Symptom Management
John G. Cagle and Terry Altilio
63. Sexual Expression and Physical Intimacy for Those with Serious Illness
Les Paul Gallo-Silver and Michael O. Weiner
64. Holding On and Letting Go: The Red Thread of Adult Grief and Bereavement
Susan Gerbino and Mary Raymer
65. The Integration of Technology: Benefits and Challenges
Katherine Campbell

IX. Interventions: Supporting Effective Palliative Social Work Practice

66. Interventions in Palliative Social Work Practice: The Intimate Connection with Assessment
Anne Kelemen and Stacy S. Remke
67. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy: Enhancing Psychological Flexibility in Serious Illness
Kayla Moore
68. Anticipatory Guidance
Stephanie Gasca and Rachel Schindel
69. Bibliotherapy
Nancy F. Cincotta and Tracy Moore
70. Cognitive- Behavioral Therapy in the Palliative Care Setting
Carina Oltmann
71. Care Coordination: Providing Quality Care, Reducing Costs and Unnecessary Utilization
Rebecca Cammy and Lauren LaTourette
72. Crisis Intervention
Esther Ammon
73. De-Escalating Highly Emotional or Potentially Violent Situations
Kathleen Hurley
74. The Doctor Within: Integrative Health, Social Work, and Palliative Care
Lucia McBee
75. Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing for Pain Management
Yvette Colón
76. Building the Complete Father Intervention
Michael O. Weiner and Les Paul Gallo-Silver
77. Bereavement in the Beginning Phase of Life: Grief in Children and Their Families
Nancy F. Cincotta
78. Practice Considerations: Group Work
Nancy F. Cincotta
79. Meaning- Centered Therapies: Reconnecting with Life
Jordan Nichols
80. Medical Crisis Counseling
Clara Van Gerven
81. Motivational Interviewing: A Person-Centered Model of Communication
Jordan Nichols
82. The Power of Narratives and Storytelling
Cara L. Wallace
83. Using Psychoeducation to Empower Patients, Their Families, and Care Partners
Bessy Santiago
84. Single- Session and Solution- Focused Brief Therapy
Kasey Sinha
85. Structured Problem-Solving Interventions for Patients with Serious Illness and Their Care Partners
Rebecca Cammy and Lauren LaTourette
86. Supportive Counseling
William Michael Cooper
87. Trauma Therapies for Palliative Care Practice
Chelsea Brown
88. Using Schema Therapy to Meet Needs in Palliative Care
Lissa Parsonnet

X. Ethical Considerations

89. Ethical Considerations in Palliative Care: An Overview
Wendy B. Walters
90. Ethics in Medical Decision-Making: Exploring the Limits of Autonomy
Tracy Borgmeyer
91. Hospice and Palliative Social Work's Ethical Challenge: Aid in Dying in the United States
Tracy Schroeper, Jaime Goldberg, and Stephanie Wladkowski
92. Pediatric Palliative Care Ethics and Decision-Making
Nicholas Purol and Danielle Jonas
93. Technology and Ethics
Christina Bach

XI. Professional Issues

94. Advancing the Social Work Profession within Palliative Care
John G. Cagle
95. Navigating in Swampy Lowlands: A Relational Approach to Practice-Based Learning in Palliative Care
David M. Browning and Susan Gerbino
96. The Influence of Policy on End-of-Life and Palliative Care
Nancy Kusmaul
97. The Evolution of Advanced Certification for Palliative and Hospice Social Workers
Barbara Anderson Head and Alyssa Ashlyn Middleton
98. Supervision and Mentoring for Social Workers in Palliative and End-of-Life Care
Cathy Berkman, Carolyn Genereux, and Anne Front
99. Professional Self-Care, Resilience, and Well-Being
Colleen M. Mulkerin
100. Self-Care Practice Wisdom: A Letter to My Younger Self
Kerry Cox Irish
101. Leadership in Palliative Social Work
Cathy Berkman, Grace Christ, and Allison Shukraft
102. Professionalism: Making Connections, Enhancing Knowledge, and Building Leadership
Ellen L. Csikai, Barbara Jones, and Kendra D. Koch
103. Building a Lasting Legacy: Reflections on Transformative Professionalism
Shirley Otis-Green

Epilogues.
Terry Altilio.
Rachel E. Brandon.
John G. Cagle.
Shirley Otis-Green.

Index

The Oxford Textbook of Palliative Social Work

Second Edition

Edited by Terry Altilio, Shirley Otis-Green, and John G. Cagle

Author Information

Terry Altilio, MSW, LCSW, APHSW-C is a social worker with 34 years of direct practice experience in palliative care most recently in the Division of Palliative Care at Mt Sinai Beth Israel Medical Center. She teaches in graduate and post-masters social work programs, lectures nationally and internationally and authors publications which center the role of social work as a core discipline in the work of palliative care.

Shirley Otis-Green, MSW, MA, ACSW, LCSW, OSW-CE, FNAP, FAOSW, is a palliative social work consultant, educator and researcher whose career focuses on transforming the delivery of care to more equitably address the symptoms and stress of serious illness. As Principal Investigator on studies with over $3.5 million in external funding, her work has been disseminated through more than 100 publications and 500 professional presentations. Shirley is a National Association of Social Workers Pioneer.

John G. Cagle, MSW, PhD is an Associate Professor at the University of Maryland School of Social Work. His research has been supported by both public and private entities, including the University of Maryland School of Social Work Financial Social Work Initiative, the Hospice Foundation of America, the National Palliative Care Research Center, the John A. Hartford Foundation, the National Institute on Aging, the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, the National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization, and the Foundation for Care at the End of Life.

Contributors:

Pamela Adams, LMSW
MJHS Hospice and Palliative Care
New York, NY, USA

Katie Aliberti, MA, MSW, LCSW
Trails Senior Therapist, City of Alexandria, Virginia
Alexandria, VA, USA

Terry Altilio, MSW, LCSW, APHSW-C
Palliative Social Worker
Mount Kisco, NY, USA

Esther Ammon, LCSW, APHSW-C
VA Palo Alto Healthcare System
San Francisco, CA, USA

Petruța Anania, Social Work Coordinator
Hospice "Casa Sperantei" Brasov
Brasov, Romania

Elizabeth B. Anderson, DSW, LCSW
Western Carolina University
Cullowhee, NC, USA

Leticia Andrade, Social Work
University of Sao Paulo
Butanta, São Paulo, Brazil

Christina Bach, MBE, MSW, LCSW, OSW-C, FAOSW
University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, PA, USA

Todd D. Becker, LMSW
University of Maryland
Baltimore, MD, USA

Cathy Berkman, MSW, PhD
Fordham University
New York, NY, USA

Mercedes Bern-Klug, PhD, MSW
University of Iowa
Iowa City, IA, USA

Marc-Antoine Berthod, PhD
University of Applied Sciences and Arts Western Switzerland Delémont, Switzerland

Annabelle Bitter, MSW, LCSW
MD Anderson Cancer Center
Houston, TX, USA

Susan Blacker, MSW, RSW
Sinai Health System
Toronto, ON, Canada

Charlie Blotner, MSW
Evergreen Health Hospice
Seattle, WA, USA

Eucharia Borden, MSW, LCSW, OCW-C
Cancer Support Community
Philadelphia, PA, USA

Tracy Borgmeyer, MA, LCSW
Mercy Hospital Joplin
Joplin, MO, USA

Harvey Bosma, PhD, RSW
Providence Health Care
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Jamey Boudreaux, M.Div, MSW
Louisiana-Mississippi Hospice and Palliative Care Organization
New Orleans, LA, USA

Rachel E. Brandon, LMSW, MSW
Inova Life with Cancer
Fairfax, VA, USA

Karlynn BrintzenhofeSzoc, PhD, MSW
University of Cincinnati
Cincinnati, OH, USA

Chelsea Brown, LCSW
University of California San Francisco
San Francisco, CA, USA

Teri Browne, PhD, MSW
University of South Carolina
Columbia, SC, USA

David M. Browning, LICSW
Facilitator/Educator
Independent Healthcare Ethics and Communication Boston, MA, USA

Karen Bullock, PhD, LCSW
North Carolina State University
Raleigh, NC, USA

Ramona Bullock-Johnson, LCSW-A, LCAS-A
North Carolina State University
Raleigh, NC, USA

Susan Cadell, MSW, PhD
Renison University College
Waterloo, ON, Canada

Tamara Cadet, PhD, LICSW, MPH
Simmons University
Boston, MA, USA

John G. Cagle, MSW, PhD
University of Maryland Baltimore
Baltimore, MD, USA

Ann M. Callahan, PhD, LCSW
Eastern Kentucky University
Richmond, KY, USA

Rebecca Cammy, LCSW
Sidney Kimmel Cancer Center-Jefferson Health
Philadelphia, PA, USA

Katharine Campbell, PhD, LCSW
Inward Bound
Wilton Manors, FL, USA

Rachel Carnahan-Metzger, LCSW
Dell Children's Medical Center of Central Texas
Austin, TX, USA

Iraida V. Carrion, PhD, LCSW, FGSA
University of South Florida
Tampa, FL, USA

Kara A. Carter, LMSW
University of Iowa
Iowa City, IA, USA

Becky Chaddock, MTheolHons, MSc/DipSW Oxon
St Columba's Hospice
Edinburgh, UK

Cecilia Lai Wan Chan, PhD
University of Hong Kong
Pok Fu Lam, Hong Kong

Ming Ming Cheng, PhD
University of Hong Kong
Pok Fu Lam, Hong Kong

Christabel K. Cheung, PhD, MSW
University of Maryland
Baltimore, MD, USA

Grace Christ, MSc, PhD
Professor Emeritus, Columbia University
New York, NY, USA

Nancy F. Cincotta, MSW, MPhil
Columbia University
New York, NY, USA

Patricia Collins, BA Dip Soc Wk
Sacred Heart Palliative and Support Care, St. Vincent's Hospital
Sydney, Australia

Yvette Colón, Phd, MSW, BCD
Eastern Michigan University
Ypsilanti, MI, USA

William Michael Cooper, MSW
Deceased (1968-2020)
West Los Angeles Medical Center
Los Angeles, California

Ellen L. Csikai, LCSW, MPH, PhD
University of Alabama
Tuscaloosa, AL, USA

Anne Cullen, BA, CQSW, PhD
The Point of Care Foundation
London, UK

Louisa Daratsos, PhD. LCSW
VA New York Harbor Healthcare Brooklyn Campus
Brooklyn, NY, USA

Csaba László Dégi, Phd. MSW
Babeş-Bolyai University
Cluj-Mapoca, Cluj, Romania

Danae Dotolo, PhD, MSW
University of Washington
Seattle, WA, USA

Elena D'Urbano, Degree in Social Work, Master in Palliative Care
Compassionate City
Buenos Aires, Argentina

Jill Farabelli, MSW, LCSW, APHSW-C
Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, PA, USA

Betty R. Ferrell, PhD, MRN, MA, CHPN, FAAN, FPCN
City of Hope
Duarte, California

Iris Cohen Fineberg, PhD, MSW
Stony Brook University
Stony Brook, NY, USA

Pam Firth, MBASW
Independent Consultant in Psychosocial Palliative Care
St Albans, Hertfordshire, UK

Kathleen M. Foley, MD
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center
New York, NY, USA

Richard B. Francoeur, PhD
Adelphi University
Garden City, NY, USA

Anne Front, LMFT, APHSW-C
Motion Picture and Television Fund
Studio City, CA

Les Paul Gallo-Silver, LCSW-R
Adelphi University
Garden City, NY, USA

Daniel S. Gardner, PhD
Hunter College, CUNY
New York, NY, USA

Stephanie Gasca, LMSW
Department of Veterans Affairs
San Antonio, TX, USA

Sarah Gehlert, MA, MSW, PhD
University of Southern California
Los Angeles, CA, USA

Carolyn Genereux, LCSW
Montefiore Medical Center
New York, NY, USA

Maya Genovesi, LCSW, MPH
The Mount Sinai Hospital
New York, NY, USA

Susan Gerbino, PhD, LCSW
NYU Silver School of Social Work
New York, NY, USA

Sheri Mila Gerson, PhD, LICSW, AHPSW-C
University of Glasgow
Glasgow, Scotland

Myra Glajchen, DSW, MSW, BSW, ACSW, APHSW-C
MJHS Institute for Innovation in Palliative Care
New York, NY, USA

Jaime Goldberg, MSW, LCSW
University of Wisconsin-Madison
Madison, WI, USA

Christine Goldstein, LCSW-R, APHSW-C
Catholic Home Care
Farmingdale, NY, USA

Lauren Gough, MSWPQ
Bear Cottage, Sydney Children Hospital Network
New South Wales, Australia

Julie Greathouse, LCSW-ACP
Gold Coast Hospital and Health Service
Queensland, Australia

George Handzo, APBCC, CSSBB
HealthCare Chaplaincy Network
Los Angeles, CA, USA

Bernice Catherine Harper, MSW, MSc.PH, LLD
Retired
Rockville, MD, USA

Barbara Anderson Head, PhD
University of Louisville
Louisville, KY, USA

Susan Hedlund, LCSW
Knight Cancer Institute Oregon Health and Sciences University
Portland, OR, USA

Phillip C. Higgins, PhD, LICSW
Lighthouse Counseling of Salem, Inc.
Salem, MA, USA

Jennifer Hunt, MA
Independent Palliative Social Worker
Harare, Zimbabwe

Kathleen Hurley, LMSW, APHSW-C
Morgan Stanley Children's Hospital, New York Presbyterian
New York, NY, USA

Kerry Cox Irish, LCSW, OSW-C, FAOSW
AdventHealth Cancer Services
Asheville, NC, USA

Aarti Jagannathan, PhD
National Institutes of Mental Health and Neurosciences
Bangalore, India

Danielle Jonas, MSW, LCSW, PhD Candidate
New York University
New York, NY, USA

Barbara L. Jones, PhD, MSW
University of Texas Austin
Austin, TX, USA

Tessa Jones, LMSW
New York University
New York, NY, USA

Srilatha Juvva, PhD
Tata Institute of Social Sciences
Mumbai, India

Lana Sue Ka'opua, PhD, DCSW, LSW
University of Hawaii at Manoa
Honolulu, HI, USA

Anne Kelemen, LCSW, APHSW-C
MedStar Washington Hospital Center
Washington, DC, USA

Kendra D. Koch, PhD
The University of Texas at Austin
Austin, TX, USA

Nancy Kusmaul, PhD, MSW
University of Maryland, Baltimore County
Baltimore, MD, USA

Nina Laing MSW, LICSW, APHSW-C
MedStar Washington Hospital Center
Washington, DC, USA

Abigail L. Latimer, MSW, LCSW, APHSW-C
University of Kentucky
Lexington, KY, USA

Lauren LaTourette, LSW
Thomas Jefferson University Hospital
Philadelphia, PA, USA

Robin Rudy Lawson, LCSW
Empath Health
Tampa, FL, USA

Malory Lee, LCSW
MD Anderson Cancer Center
Houston, TX, USA

Vickie Leff, LCSW, BCD, APHSW-C
Advanced Palliative and Hospice Social Work Certification
Raleigh, NC, USA

Meagan Lyon Leimena, MSW, MPH
Social Work Consultant and Public Health Professional
Asheville, NC, USA

Katherine S. Lepak, LCSW, APHSW-C
Hartford Hospital
Hartford, CT, USA

Christine M. Lero, MSW, LCSW
University of Missouri-Columbia
Columbia, MO, USA

Anna Lewis, MSW, LCSW
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center
Pittsburgh, PA, USA

Alba Lopez, DSW, LCSW
Department of Veterans Affairs
Lyons, NY, USA

Matthew J. Loscalzo, LCSW
City of Hope
Duarte, CA, USA

Valerie Maasdorp, B.Soc.Sc. (SW)
Island Hospice and Healthcare
Harare, Zimbabwe

Lucia McBee, LCSW, MPH, CYI
Columbia University
New York, NY, USA

Diane E. Meier, MD
Icahn School of Medicine Mount Sinai
New York, NY, USA

Lena Lansttai Bevilaqua Menezes , Social Worker
Federal University of Mato Grossodo Sul
Campo Grande-MS, Brazil

Alyssa Ashlyn Middleton, MSW
University of Louisville
Louisville, KY, USA

Judith Wood Mintz, LCSW
Unity Hospice and Palliative Care of Chicagoland
Chicago, IL, USA

Kayla Moore, LMSW
Mercy Health St. Mary's
Grand Rapids, MI, USA

Kennan Moore, LCSW
Kaiser Permanente
Aurora, CO, USA

Tracy Moore, LCSW
Oncology Social Worker
Wood Ridge, NJ, USA

Teresa Moro, PhD, AM, LSW
Rush University
Chicago, IL, USA

Sara Z. Morrison, LCSW, APHSW-C
Hartford Hospital
Hartford, CT, USA

Colleen M. Mulkerin, MSW, LCSW, APHSW-C
Hartford Hospital
Hartford, CT, USA

Brendan Myhill, BSW (Hons)
Concord Centre for Palliative Care
New South Wales, Australia

Abigail Nathanson, LCSW, DSW, APHSW-C, ACS
NYU Silver School of Social Work
New York, NY, USA

Frances Nedjat-Haiem, PhD, LCSW
San Diego State University
San Diego, CA, USA

Holly Nelson-Becker, PhD, LCSW
Brunel University London
London, UK

Tracy Ng, MSW
Brigham and Women's Hospital
Boston, MA

Tzer Wee Ng, MSW, RSW
Tan Tack Seng Hospital
Novena, Singapore

Jordan Nichols, LCSW, APHSW-C
Nuvance Health
Danbury, CT

Arden O'Donnell, MPH, MSW, LICSW, APHSW-C
Brigham and Women's Hospital
Boston, MA, USA

Carina Oltmann, LCSW
Sylvester Cancer Center, University of Miami Health Systems
Miami, FL, USA

Chris Onderdonk, LCSW, APHSW-C
University of California San Diego Howell Palliative Teams
San Diego, CA, USA

Stacy F. Orloff, Ed. D, LCSW, ACHP-SW
Suncoast Hospice, Empath Health
Clearwater, FL, USA

Shirley Otis-Green, MSW, MA. LCSW. ACSW, OSW-CE, FNAP, FAOSW
Consultant, Collaborative Caring
Toluca Lake, CA, USA

Lissa Parsonnet, PhD, LCSW
Private Practice Psychotherapist
Short Hills, NY, USA

Sally Paul, PhD
University of Strathclyde
Glasgow, Scotland

Cheng Wan Peh , Bachelor in Social Work, Registered Social Worker
Assisi Hospice
Caldecott, Singapore

Farya Phillips, PhD, CCLS
University of Texas Austin
Austin, TX, USA

Russell K. Portenoy, MD
MJHS Institute for Innovation in Palliative Care
New York, NY, USA

Laetitia Probst-Barroso, Educator and counsellor in Disability Field and Palliative Care
Palliative vaud
Lausanne, Switzerland

Nicholas Purol, MSW, LICSW
Boston Children's Hospital Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
Boston, MA, USA

Mary Raymer, LMSW, ACSW, DPNAP
Raymer Psychotherapy and Consultation Services
Williamsburg, MI, USA

Dona J. Reese, PhD, MSW, LCSW
Southern Illinois University
Carbondale, IL, USA

Stacy S. Remke, MSW, LICSW, APHSW-C
University of Minnesota
Minneapolis, MI, USA

Rachel Rusch, LCSW, MSW, MA
Children's Hospital Los Angeles
Los Angeles, CA, USA

Tali Samson, MSW, PhD
Ben-Gurion University of the Negev
Beersheba, Israel

Jeanine Sanderoff, LCSW
New York University Langone Hospital Long Island
Mineola, NY, USA

Bessy Santiago, LMSW
Montefiore Medical Center
New York, NY, USA

Dame Cicely Saunders, OM, DBE, FRCP, FRCN
Deceased (1918- 2005)
Saint Christopher's Hospice, London, UK

Luana M. Y. Scanlan, MBA
PRIME Consultants
Pago Pago, American Samoa, USA

Rachel Schindel, LMSW
Department of Veterans Affairs
San Antonio, TX, USA

Adam Schoenfarber, LCSW, APHSW-C
Westchester Medical Center
Valhalla, NY, USA

Tracy Schroepfer, PhD, MSW, MA
University of Wisconsin-Madison
Madison, WI, USA

Jennifer Schutt, LICSW
Southern Arizona VA Healthcare System
Tucson, AZ, USA

Kenneth R. Sergiacomi, LMSW, PhD
Adelphi University
Garden City, NY, USA

Sheryl Lee Shermak, MSW, PhD
Community Health Services Social Work Island Health Authority
Victoria, BC, Canada

Allison Shukraft, MSW, MAT, APHSW-C
Atrium Health's Levine Children's Hospital
Charlotte, NC, USA

Kelsey Simons, LMSW, PhD
University of Rochester Medical Center
Rochester, NY, USA

Kasey Sinha, LMSW
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
New York, NY, USA

Bridget Sumser, LCSW, APHSW-C
University of California San Francisco
San Francisco, CA, USA

Katharine P. Supiano, LCSW, PhD, FT, FGSD, APHSW-C
University of Utah
Salt Lake City, UT, USA

Priya Treesa Thomas, PhD
National Institutes of Mental Health and Neuro Sciences
Bangalore, India

Clara Van Gerven, LMSW
Montgomery Hospice
Baltimore, MD, USA

Deborah Waldrop, PhD, LMSW
University of Buffalo School of Social Work
Buffalo, NY, USA

Cara L. Wallace, PhD, LMSW, APHSW-C
Saint Louis University
Saint Louis, MO, USA

Katherine Walsh, PhD, MSW, LICSW
Westfield State University
Westfield, MA, USA

Wendy B. Walters, LICSW, HEC-C
University of Alabama Birmingham Hospital
Birmingham, AL, USA

Karla T. Washington, PhD, LCSW
University of Missouri
Columbia, MO, USA

Michael O. Weiner, LCSW
Adelphi University
Garden City, NY, USA

Lori Wiener, PhD
National Institutes of Health, National Cancer Institute
Bethesda, MD, USA

Christine Wilkins, PhD, LCSW
NYU Langone Health
New York, NY, USA

Stephanie Wladkowski, PhD, LMSW, APHSW-C
Eastern Michigan University
Ypsilanti, MI, USA

Yvonne Duhaylongsod Yim, MSW, LCSW
San Francisco State University
San Francisco, CA, USA