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A Good Death in Hospital and the Social Work Role - Ep. 67

The Social Work Stories Podcast

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Jim's Recipe for a Good Death

A lot of work took place much earlier than the actual day that this man was dying. Hollywood has a lot to answer for because there is this belief that you could have you could have the family from hell but it's all going to come together at that death bed. No we don't see that. If anything the cracks get bigger. And not in Jim's case because he had a cohesive son and daughter. Not only were they supportive of his end of life plan that had been worked out, discussed. Ingredient number two. He also had a consistent social worker who knew what she was doing in relation to this. They're both leading up to the actual point of death. So

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