Trauma-Informed Care for Inpatient Palliative Care Social Work: Applying Existing Models at the Bedside

J Soc Work End Life Palliat Care. 2023 Sep 12:1-17. doi: 10.1080/15524256.2023.2256479. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTCoexisting serious illness and posttraumatic stress place hospitalized individuals at risk for complex pain, anxiety, and retraumatization. Hospital palliative care social workers increasingly recognize the value of trauma-informed care (TIC) for reducing harm in the inpatient setting. Despite this recognition, there is limited operationalization of TIC principles for inpatient interventions. This paper integrates each TIC principle with inpatient psychosocial interventions to advance trauma-informed competencies among inpatient palliative care social workers and to provide a foundation for future TIC implementation research.PMID:37698906 | DOI:10.1080/15524256.2023.2256479

Source: Journal of Social Work in End-of-Life and Palliative Care - September 12, 2023 Category: Palliative Care Authors: Chelsea K Brown Jennifer DiBiase Abigail Nathanson Tamara J Cadet Source Type: research