本土社会工作介入临终服务领域的两种路径

20世纪80年代以来临终服务事业逐渐进入国内学界和公众视野。社会工作作为专门助人专业,在介入和推动中国临终关怀服务事业中,医务社会工作者应发挥积极效用。同时,从本土社会工作视角介入当前临终服务领域的路径除了要关注临终关怀,还要发展死亡教育事业。对临终关怀的探讨,在本土语境中利于扩大社会工作专业的服务范围,对社会工作学科的发展也具有积极的建设性意义。

The Two Paths of the Local Social Work Services Involvement in Hospice

Since the eighties of the 20th century,the question of hospice is gradually entering the domestic academic and public view.Social work as a helping profession and a specialized discipline should play a positive effect in the process of understanding and promoting the delevolping of hospice in China.Meanwhile,studying the issue of hospice from the perspective of social work will has a great positive implication on the progress of the discipline.Therefore,the two main paths is concern the development of hospice and death education in the local context.