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

Abstract 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...

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Main Authors: Janice Firn, Nancy Preston, Catherine Walshe
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2017-07-01
Series:BMC Palliative Care
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12904-017-0214-z