Ethics at the End of Life: A Teaching Tool. (3rd April 2017)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Wallace, Cara L.; Thielman, Kara J.; Cimino, Andrea N.; Rueda, Heidi L. Adams
• Is Part Of: Journal of social work education. Volume 53:Number 2(2017)
• Page Start: 327
• Page End: 338
• Publication Date: 2017-04-03
• Subjects: Social work education -- Periodicals; Social work education -- United States -- Periodicals; 361.305
• DOI: 10.1080/10437797.2016.1243499
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1043-7797

Abstract

ABSTRACT: Social workers rarely receive education and training in the areas of grief, bereavement, and death and dying, which may lead to difficulties in compassionately and ethically addressing concerns in end-of-life or grief-related contexts. This article presents actual and potential outcomes from three challenging end-of-life case studies using Mattison's ethical decision-making model as a framework. The case studies were drawn from student interviews with experienced master's-level social workers. This pedagogical article helps to promote self-reflection and consideration of ethical issues in grief and death-related situations as well as supplement death education and ethics curricula to include end-of-life content.