The experiences of social workers in rendering palliative care services : suggestions for social workers

Nyamndaya, Tendayi

dc.contributor.advisor	Mbedzi, Rembuluwani Paul
dc.contributor.author	Nyamndaya, Tendayi
dc.date.accessioned	2021-07-07T12:27:47Z
dc.date.available	2021-07-07T12:27:47Z
dc.date.issued	2021-02
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10500/27617
dc.description.abstract	Palliative care is one of the crucial services provided by social workers to improve the quality of life of people suffering from life-threatening illnesses. It is an inter-disciplinary medical care giving approach which focuses on relieving symptoms and stress of life threatening illness. To my knowledge there is limited guidelines on how social workers should intervene in providing palliative care services. Therefore, this study will the explore experiences of social workers in rendering palliative care services to people faced with life-threatening illnesses. The study will follow a qualitative research approach. Purposive and snowball sampling will be employed to frame the sample of social workers who render palliative care services. Ethical issues regarding informed consent, confidentiality/anonymity and management of information will be considered and attended to. Data will be collected through semi structured interviews and analysed in terms of Tesch eight steps. The Guba and Lincoln’s model will be employed for data verification (Lincoln and Guba in Schurink, Fouché and de Vos 2011:419-421).	en
dc.format.extent	1 online resource (xiii, 220 leaves) : illustrations, color graphs
dc.language.iso	en	en
dc.subject	Life-threatening illness	en
dc.subject	Quality of life	en
dc.subject	Relief of symptoms	en
dc.subject	Palliative care	en
dc.subject	Hospice	en
dc.subject	Palliative care services	en
dc.subject	The role of the social worker	en
dc.subject	Interdisciplinary team	en
dc.subject	Intervention	en
dc.subject	Death	en
dc.subject.ddc	362.1750968
dc.subject.lcsh	Social work with the terminally ill -- South Africa
dc.subject.lcsh	Palliative treatment -- South Africa
dc.subject.lcsh	Social workers -- South Africa
dc.subject.lcsh	Hospice care -- South Africa
dc.subject.lcsh	Social workers -- South Africa -- Attitudes
dc.title	The experiences of social workers in rendering palliative care services : suggestions for social workers	en
dc.type	Dissertation	en
dc.description.department	Social Work	en
dc.description.degree	M.A. (Social Work)