Other Resources
Listen to Shirley on the Palliative Care Chat Podcast (Again!)
The podcast is designed for health care professionals who are interested in hospice and palliative care, particularly those who may be interested in enrolling in the online MS in Palliative Care and Graduate Certificates program. Listen to Shirley Otis-Green, palliative care social worker extraordinaire, discuss “Founders, Leaders and Futurists in Palliative Care.”
Listen to Shirley on the Palliative Care Chat Podcast
In this interview with Mary Lynn McPherson, PharmD, MA, MDE, BCPS, listen to Shirley discuss “Horses are Made to Be Horses: How Palliative Care Lays the Foundation for Person-Centered Care.”
Listen to Shirley on the Marrow Masters Podcast
Often, patients are scared when they hear the words "palliative care." In this episode, Shirley Otis-Green explains what it is exactly and why it should be embraced.
Watch Shirley at the Shiley Haynes Institute for Palliative Care
Learn why it is important to be properly trained to have Advance Care Planning conversations.
Listen to Shirley on the PopHealth Podcast
In this episode, social work leaders in healthcare from around the country discuss SSWLHC’s 2016 conference and some of the latest topics facing social workers in the healthcare space.
To learn more about palliative care:
Center to Advance Palliative Care
The Center to Advance Palliative Care (CAPC) is a national organization dedicated to increasing the availability of quality health care for people living with a serious illness. As the nation’s leading resource in its field, CAPC provides health care professionals and organizations with the training, tools, and technical assistance necessary to effectively meet this need.
Social Work Hospice & Palliative Care Network
SWHPN (Social Work Hospice & Palliative Care Network) is a network of psychosocial hospice and palliative professionals dedicated to advancing best practices in palliative and hospice in caring for those with serious illness, and advancing the field on behalf of those caregivers.
American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine
AAHPM is the professional organization for physicians specializing in hospice and palliative medicine, nurses, and other healthcare providers. Since 1988, the Academy has dedicated itself to advancing hospice and palliative medicine and improving the care of patients with serious illness. Their activities focus on education and training, resources, networking, and advocacy.
National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization
As the leading organization representing hospice and palliative care providers, NHPCO works to expand access to a proven person-centered model for healthcare—one that provides patients and their loved ones with comfort, peace, and dignity during life’s most intimate and vulnerable experiences.
To learn more about health social work:
Association of Oncology Social Work
The Association of Oncology Social Work (AOSW) is dedicated to the enhancement of psychosocial services to people with cancer, their families and caregivers. Created in 1984 by social workers interested in oncology and by existing national cancer organizations who embrace the AOSW Mission “to advance excellence in the psychosocial care of persons with cancer, their families, and caregivers through networking, education, advocacy, research and resource development.”
Association of Pediatric Oncology Social Workers
The Association of Pediatric Oncology Social Workers is a group of passionate professionals focused on enhancing the lives of children with cancer and blood disorders and the families who care for them. We accomplish this by advancing pediatric psychosocial oncology care through clinical social work practice, research, advocacy, education, and program development.
Society for Social Work Leadership in Health Care
The Society for Social Work Leadership in Health Care is an association of 700 members who are dedicated to promoting the universal availability, accessibility, coordination, and effectiveness of healthcare, with a focus on the psychosocial components of health and illness.
Advanced Palliative Hospice Social Worker Certification (APHSW-C)
The first evidence-based certification for social workers in hospice and palliative care is here.