Subject(s): Social work with the terminally ill. -- Attitude to Death. -- Terminal Care in methods. -- Exploration in the ethnography of suffering and professional caregiving, living with dying from ALS, loss of a child to cancer, reflection on living with dying in disaster relief -- Theoretical aspects of death and dying : Respectful death, dying and bereavement in historical perspective, history of social work in hospice, interdisciplinary team- oxymoron, ethical issues in end of life care- social work facilitation and proactive intervention, spirituality and end of life care practice for social workers, gender and death- parallel and intersecting pathways, time of transition and changing relationships, psychodynamic theories in grief and bereavement -- Clinical practice issues in end of life care : Clinical practice, trajectory of illness, clinical social work practice at the end of life, working with dying children and their families, working with dying and bereaved older people, assessing mental health risk in end of life care, pain and symptom management - an essential role for social work, palliative care and social work, integrating spirituality and religion, framework for multicultural end of life care-enhancing social work practice, marginalization at end of life, lesbians and gay men at end of their lives- psychosocial concerns, palliative care for people with disabilities, clinical practice with groups of end of life care, technology based groups and end of life social work practice, working with families facing life threatening illness in medical setting, helping the bereaved, end of life bioethics in clinical social work practice, end of life care in prison system, end of life care in nursing homes, family unity program for HIV affected families- creating a family centered and community building context for interventions, social work consultation to mental health workers serving children and families affected by disasters, hematopoietic cell transplantation and end of life, oncology -- Context and leadership : Context of end of life care, current legal issues in end of life care, advanced directives and assisted suicide- policy implications for social work practice, end of life care in prisons, social work end of life research, financing end of life care, taking charge- social work leadership in end of life care, future of social work in end of life care- call to action, relentless self care