Social work in hospice care

The diplome thesis focuses on social work with dying person, including their family members in hospice care. This thesis is situated in five chapters. The first chapters focuses on death and dying. The second chapter focuses on hospice, hospice care and last but not least, dignified dying, including the quality of life in the hospice. The third chapter deals with social work and its place in hospice, including its focuses on the role of social worker in hospice care, where I describes the individual target groups and other areas of interest. The fifth and final chapter focuses on the ethical side of dying and death, first part in general, and second part on end of life issues