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EAPC projects or Taskforces
Social Workers Meeting at the 2005 Congress in Aachen
At every EAPC conference there is an opportunity to get together to share interests and concerns with colleagues from Europe. This year we met in Aachen and it was a chance to meet up with old friends and to meet new social workers. During the meeting several social workers expressed concern about the dwindling number of specialist social workers in some European countries. There was anxiety about what was seen as a diminution of the role . It was suggested that it would be useful to collate articles specifically about the role and tasks of palliative care social workers. I am happy to receive references and to then distribute them to colleagues. In the UK there is an organisation for palliative care social workers which has nearly 300 members and this was felt to be extremely supportive to social workers who are very often in single-handed posts, however this is the only national organisation of this type. Please contact me with articles/research about palliative care social work and if you are working in this field why not contribute to the European Journal Of Palliative Care or Palliative Medicine? The 2007 congress is in Budapest think about sending an abstract- celebrate our skills. In the mean-time email me with references at pam.firth@isabelhospice.org.uk
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