Under-taught : the continuing education needs of non-palliative medical social workers in Singapore

• Main Author: Ng, Qi Juan
• Other Authors: Ho Hau Yan Andy
• Format: Final Year Project
• Language: English
• Published: Nanyang Technological University 2020
• Subjects: Social sciences::Psychology
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/141795
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Singapore is facing an aging population, and majority of end-of-life patients are not seen in palliative care settings. Non-palliative medical social workers – medical social workers not in the palliative care team and not specifically trained in palliative care – are hence expected to provide palli...