Spring 2027

Social Work Practice in Palliative Care

Social work practice in palliative care addressing psychosocial, cultural, existential, ethical, and team-based care for individuals and families impacted by serious illness.

offering recorded2 credits
Recorded instructors · Spring 2027 Jaime Goldberg3.8/5

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Recent recorded grades — Spring 2024: 3.79 GPA, 94.1% A/AB (n=17 letter grades); Spring 2025: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=17 letter grades); Spring 2026: 3.98 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=21 letter grades).

What you’ll be able to do

  • Define the concepts of serious illness, palliative care, hospice, and end-of-life care and differentiate among the terms.

  • Recognize how the psychosocial, cultural, and existential domains of palliative care can influence patient and family experience of serious illness.

  • Identify personal attitudes and values related to serious illness and end of life.

  • Describe the roles of social workers on palliative care teams and how those roles are distinct from (and similar to) the activities of other team members.

  • Describe the roles of other healthcare professionals (e.g., physicians, nurses, pharmacists, chaplains) on palliative care teams.

  • Examine ethical challenges that can arise in the setting of serious illness and end-of-life care.

  • Define approaches to screening, assessment, and intervention of psychosocial aspects of care.

Source: UW Guide

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Prerequisites

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SOCWORK 648

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Recent recorded grades — Spring 2025: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=17 letter grades); Spring 2026: 3.98 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=21 letter grades).

Historical instructors & teaching patterns

JAIME GOLDBERG is recorded teaching in Spring 2025, Spring 2026. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

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Calendar & sections

Spring 2027

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Student experience

the class

Recent recorded grades — Spring 2024: 3.79 GPA, 94.1% A/AB (n=17 letter grades); Spring 2025: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=17 letter grades); Spring 2026: 3.98 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=21 letter grades).

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Topics

  • Psychosocial, cultural, existential, ethical, and team-based aspects of care for individuals and families impacted by serious illness.
  • Influence of psychosocial, cultural, and existential domains on patient and family experience of serious illness.
  • Personal attitudes and values related to serious illness and end of life.
  • Roles of other healthcare professionals on palliative care teams.

Skills

  • Define and differentiate serious illness, palliative care, hospice, and end-of-life care.
  • Describe social worker roles on palliative care teams and their distinction from other team members.
  • Examine ethical challenges arising in serious illness and end-of-life care settings.
  • Define approaches to screening, assessment, and intervention for psychosocial care aspects.

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SOCWORK 648 · Spring 2027

Social Work Practice in Palliative Care

Recorded 2026-10-14
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Recorded 2026-10-14

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