Department of Care Continuum Management, Brigham and Women's Hospital.
Boston University School of Social Work, Boston, Massachusetts.
Curr Opin Support Palliat Care. 2020 Mar;14(1):3-8. doi: 10.1097/SPC.0000000000000482.
The aim of the review is to examine the findings of empirical studies of palliative care interventions for patients with heart failure in which a social worker was identified as a key member of the interprofessional clinical team.
Our systematic review of the empirical literature from January 2016 to August 2019 found five palliative care interventions with heart failure patients that cited involvement of a social worker as a key team member. The reviewed studies highlighted social workers' roles in the areas of psychosocial assessments and support, advance care planning, and patient-medical team communication.
Palliative social workers possess the knowledge and skills to provide expertise in psychological, social, and cultural care within palliative care domains of practice. Given this primary and critical role, more studies that include the assessment of outcomes linked to the social worker's role should be pursued. Our review unearthed several important studies that highlight the role of the palliative social workers in heart failure models of care.
本综述旨在考察以社会工作者为跨专业临床团队关键成员的心力衰竭患者姑息治疗干预措施的实证研究结果。
我们对 2016 年 1 月至 2019 年 8 月的实证文献进行了系统回顾,发现了五项涉及心力衰竭患者姑息治疗的干预措施,其中提到社会工作者是关键团队成员之一。综述研究强调了社会工作者在心理社会评估和支持、预先护理计划以及患者与医疗团队沟通等领域的作用。
姑息治疗社会工作者具备提供姑息治疗领域心理、社会和文化关怀专业知识和技能的能力。鉴于这一主要和关键作用,应开展更多研究,评估与社会工作者角色相关的结果。我们的综述发现了几项重要的研究,强调了姑息治疗社会工作者在心力衰竭护理模式中的作用。