• Areas of Practice
  • Adolescent Health
  • Aging
  • Behavioral Health
  • Bereavement/End of Life Care
  • Children, Youth, and Families
  • Clinical Social Work
  • Diversity & Equity
  • Health
  • HIV/AIDS
  • International
  • Peace and Social Justice
  • School Social Work
  • Violence

NASW Helps Joint Commission Develop New Consumer Brochure on Palliative Care

The Joint Commission recently published a consumer education brochure on palliative care. The brochure, developed in collaboration with NASW, is part of the Joint Commission’s Speak Upâ„¢ initiative, which encourages consumers to play an active role in their health care. Visit www.jointcommission.org/speak_up_palliative to download or print the brochure in both English and Spanish, free of charge.

Related Resources

• The Joint Commission’s press release regarding the palliative care brochure
• Help Starts Here, NASW’s consumer Web site: includes information about living with illness, pain management, advance care planning, grief and loss, family caregiving, and death and dying
• NASW Standards for Social Work Practice in Palliative & End of Life Care
• NASW Advanced Practice Specialty Credentials in Hospice and Palliative Care
• NASW-approved continuing education in palliative care and hospice