NASW Helps Joint Commission Develop New Consumer Brochure on Palliative Care

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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 Up™ 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

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Palliative Care, joint commission, consumer, bereavement, health care, health,

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