CONTENTS // List of Figures and Tables viii // Table of Case Examples ix // About the Authors xi // Introduction xiii // Chapter 1: Social Work, End-of-Life and Palliative Care 1 // Chapter 2: Death and Dying: Awareness and Uncertainty 19 // Chapter 3: Truth and Hope: Communication at the End of Life 43 // Chapter 4: Engaging and Assessing in End-of-Life Care 63 // Chapter 5: Intervention in End-of-Life Social Work 90 // Chapter 6: Grief and Bereavement: Ideas and Interventions 124 // Chapter 7: Multiprofessional End-of-Life Care 155 // Chapter 8: Ethical and Value Issues for End-of-Life Social Work 179 // Chapter 9: Group and Macro Interventions 196 // Bibliography 213 // List of Relevant Websites 231 // Index 233