Interventions provided by palliative care social workers: Provide interventions that lessen suffering in patients living with serious illness

Interventions provided by palliative care social workers: Provide interventions that lessen suffering in patients living with serious illness
University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Center email; by Melissa C Palmer; 9/3/24
... Reflecting on my own years of experience as a palliative care social worker, the work we do is not as clear-cut as being able to prescribe medication for a symptom or titrate pain medication. The art of the intervention for social work takes time, patience, and congruent presence. To the layperson, it may appear that our interventions are just to talk with people. But that is just a small piece of the beauty and grace that evolves from our work.