TY - JOUR
T1 - End-of-life decision making
T2 - Practices, beliefs and knowledge of social workers in health care settings
AU - Werner, Perla
AU - Carmel, Sara
PY - 2001/7/1
Y1 - 2001/7/1
N2 - The aim of the present study was to examine the involvement, beliefs, and knowledge of social workers in health care settings in the process of making decisions regarding life-sustaining treatments. A convenience sample of 68 social workers participated in the study (65 F and 3 M; mean age = 42.4; SD = 10.0. Fifty-two participants worked at hospitals and 16 at nursing homes. The area in which social workers reported being more involved were activities related to family members. The extent of social workers' involvement was related to their beliefs regarding their role and their knowledge about life-sustaining treatments. Findings of this study emphasize the need for developing educational programs aimed at expanding social workers' knowledge in order to increase their autonomy and professional involvement in end-of-life decision making.
AB - The aim of the present study was to examine the involvement, beliefs, and knowledge of social workers in health care settings in the process of making decisions regarding life-sustaining treatments. A convenience sample of 68 social workers participated in the study (65 F and 3 M; mean age = 42.4; SD = 10.0. Fifty-two participants worked at hospitals and 16 at nursing homes. The area in which social workers reported being more involved were activities related to family members. The extent of social workers' involvement was related to their beliefs regarding their role and their knowledge about life-sustaining treatments. Findings of this study emphasize the need for developing educational programs aimed at expanding social workers' knowledge in order to increase their autonomy and professional involvement in end-of-life decision making.
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U2 - 10.1080/03601270152053410
DO - 10.1080/03601270152053410
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:0035632664
SN - 0360-1277
VL - 27
SP - 387
EP - 398
JO - Educational Gerontology
JF - Educational Gerontology
IS - 5
ER -
