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This textbook on palliative social work is a companion volume to the Oxford Textbook of Palliative Medicine and the Oxford Textbook of Palliative Nursing. To that end, this chapter will accomplish the following:
♦ Palliative social work in Africa is, and needs to be, an adaptation of traditional Western palliative social work.
♦ Poverty and practical needs dominate palliative social work and leave little time for emotional care.
♦ Palliative social work training and resultant human resource constraints continue to limit expansion of palliative social work in Africa.
This textbook on palliative social work is a companion volume to the Oxford Textbook of Palliative Medicine and the Oxford Textbook of Palliative Nursing. To that end, this chapter will accomplish the following:
♦ Palliative social work in Africa is, and needs to be, an adaptation of traditional Western palliative social work.
♦ Poverty and practical needs dominate palliative social work and leave little time for emotional care.
♦ Palliative social work training and resultant human resource constraints continue to limit expansion of palliative social work in Africa.
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Subjects:
Palliative Medicine
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Communication Skills
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Community Medical Services
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