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ABSTRACT
A chart review of the most recent home visits from nursing, social work, and clergy to 37 home hospice patients indicated that all but two psychosocial and spiritual issues examined were addressed by hospice staff on home visits. Spirituality and, secondly, death anxiety were the most frequently discussed variables. Clergy addressed more spiritual issues than the other two professions, and social work addressed more psychosocial issues than the other two professions. These findings underscore the important roles that clergy and social work play on the hospice team, and imply that hospice should make a renewed commitment to psychosocial and spiritual care. [Article copies available for a fee from The Haworth Document Delivery Service: 1-800-342-9678. E-mail address: [email protected]]
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Dona J. Reese
Dona J. Reese, PhD, MSW, is Assistant Professor, School of Social Work, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
Dean R. Brown
Dean R. Brown, MSW, is Assistant Clinical Director at Camelot Monitor Prime, Elk Grove Village, IL. At the time of this study he was a social work student intern at St. Francis Hospice, Peoria, IL.