Ward social workers’ views of what facilitates or hinders collaboration with specialist palliative care team social workers: A grounded theory

Ward social workers’ views of what facilitates or hinders collaboration with specialist palliative care team social workers: A grounded theory

BACKGROUND Inpatient, generalist social workers in discharge planning roles work alongside specialist palliative care social workers to care for patients, often resulting in two social workers being concurrently involved in the same patient's care. Previous studies identifying components of effective collaboration, which impacts patient outcomes, care efficiency, professional job satisfaction, ...

What are the views of hospital-based generalist palliative care professionals on what facilitates or hinders collaboration with in-patient specialist palliative care teams? A systematically constructed narrative synthesis.

BACKGROUND Hospital-based specialist palliative care services are common, yet existing evidence of inpatient generalist providers' perceptions of collaborating with hospital-based specialist palliative care teams has never been systematically assessed. AIM To assess the existing evidence of inpatient generalist palliative care providers' perceptions of what facilitates or hinders collaboratio...

Relationship of social capital with overweight and obesity among female health care workers

Background: The epidemic of obesity has turned into a major global health challenge. Environmental and social factors such as social capital, can significantly affect obesity. This study aimed to evaluate the relationship of social capital with overweight and obesity among female health-care workers. Methods: This cross-sectional study was conducted in 2018 on 680 female health-care workers wh...

The professionalization of Iranian hospital social workers

Introduction: Identity is formed through our understanding ofourselves and what others perceive of our actions and how we dothings. Formation of professional identity includes development,advancement and socialization through social learning of specificknowledge and skills obtained within the context of professionalroles, new attitudes and values.Methods: This qualitative study used content ana...

Dealing with terrorism: what social workers should and can do.