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Redefining hope for the terminally ill.

Debra Parker-Oliver1

  • 1University of Missouri-Columbia, School of Social Work, Columbia, USA.

The American Journal of Hospice & Palliative Care
|April 3, 2002
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Hospice social workers help patients and families find hope and meaning by focusing on life

Area of Science:

  • Palliative Care
  • Social Work in Healthcare
  • Psychosocial Oncology

Background:

  • Hospice care shifts focus from cure to comfort, necessitating a reevaluation of patient and family goals.
  • Traditional medical perspectives often equate hope with disease prognosis, potentially overlooking other sources of meaning.
  • Social workers play a crucial role in facilitating psychosocial adjustment during end-of-life care.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To explore how hospice social workers foster hope and meaning in patients and families.
  • To identify key assessment factors for redefining hope when curative treatments cease.
  • To examine intervention strategies for socially constructing meaning in end-of-life care.

Main Methods:

  • Qualitative analysis of social work interventions in hospice settings.

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  • Exploration of assessment factors influencing the redefinition of hope.
  • Review of theoretical frameworks on meaning-making and hope.

    • Main Results:

    • Hope is redefined as a positive expectation for meaning, independent of life events or outcomes.
    • Socially constructing meaning is a vital intervention for alleviating the focus on disease prognosis.
    • Assessment factors include patient values, family dynamics, and spiritual beliefs.

    Conclusions:

    • Meaning is central to the experience of hope in hospice care.
    • Social work interventions can empower patients and families to find new sources of hope and meaning.
    • A shift from a disease-outcome-centered to a meaning-centered perspective enhances psychosocial well-being in hospice.