Call for Papers: Pediatric Issues in Palliative & End of Life Care

Journal of Social Work in End-of-Life and Palliative Care

Call for manuscripts for special thematic issue on

PEDIATRIC ISSUES IN PALLIATIVE AND END-OF-LIFE CARE

*Deadline: August 15, 2011*

A range of psychosocial issues are experienced when children are affected by chronic or life-limiting illness; not the least of which is the effect on the entire family system. For this special thematic issue, manuscripts submitted for consideration could include a range of issues involving children and families dealing with chronic or life-limiting illnesses, such as use of palliative care or hospice care, pain management issues with children; plan of care/decision-making issues; working with children and families of diverse cultural populations, family members’ anticipatory grief/ bereavement; children’s grief/bereavement related to sibling or parent death, suicide or other traumatic death; unique developmental issues for children who are dying, their siblings and the impact on family development (age appropriate interventions, sibling, school and peer issues); professional caregiver issues or any other related topic. Manuscripts should address practice implications for social work/mental health professionals regarding the issue identified.

Manuscripts must follow APA style of writing and should be no more than 20-25 pages (longer manuscripts may be considered).   Address questions about this call (such as whether your topic/idea is appropriate) to Ellen L. Csikai, Editor at ecsikai@sw.ua.edu or Barbara Jones, the Guest Editor for this issue, at barbarajones@mail.utexas.edu.

Submissions should be sent electronically to:
Ellen L. Csikai, Ph.D
ecsikai@sw.ua.edu
The University of Alabama, School of Social Work
Box 870314, Tuscaloosa, AL 35487-0314