Category Archives: Social work

Did anyone hold your hand as you learned the trade of palliative care? A tribute to Elisabeth Earnshaw-Smith, 1929 – 2023.

Posted on February 7, 2023 by pallcare

Elisabeth Earnshaw-Smith, pioneer of palliative care social work and psycho-social palliative care, and first Director of Social Work at St Christopher’s Hospice, died in January 2023, at the age of 93 years. David Oliviere pays tribute to an extraordinary life … Continue reading →

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How can palliative care be made more accessible to people who have experienced trauma?

Posted on January 24, 2023 by pallcare

People who would benefit from palliative care will have different needs for accessing the care that would help them.  For today’s blog, Anne Cullen and Jeannet Weurman tell us why we must develop approaches to palliative and end of life … Continue reading →

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How has COVID-19 impacted on the role of palliative care social workers?

Posted on March 15, 2022 by pallcare

Coronavirus (COVID-19) impacted on many aspects of health and care delivery. On World Social Work Day 2022, Dr Audrey Roulston, Senior Lecturer in Social Work, Queen’s University Belfast / Co-Chair of the EAPC Social Work Task Force and Dr Jana … Continue reading →

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New EAPC Reference Group on Family Carers – The International Palliative Care Family Carer Research Collaboration (IPCFRC) 

Posted on January 22, 2020 by pallcare

Professor Peter Hudson, Chair, and Professor Gunn Grande, Co-Chair, The International Palliative Care Family Carer Research Collaboration (IPCFRC) European Association for Palliative Care (EAPC) Reference Group, introduce the work of one of the EAPC’s newest reference groups.   A core tenet of palliative … Continue reading →

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Discovering people’s strengths and resources at the end of life

Posted on August 28, 2019 by pallcare

On the 90th birthday of pioneering palliative care social worker, Elisabeth Earnshaw-Smith, we are delighted to republish this earlier post, which we hope will stimulate the thinking around the family and social model in palliative care. And you can download … Continue reading →

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