Author:
Supiano Katherine P.,Boudreaux Jamey
Abstract
Abstract
The United States (US) correctional system has experienced an exponential rise in the number of aging and chronically ill incarcerated persons, many of whom will die while incarcerated. This changing demographic necessitates the implementation of evidence-based, interdisciplinary hospice and palliative care within corrections facilities. Social workers practicing in prisons must be knowledgeable about palliative care philosophy and practices and skilled in delivering palliative care within the institutional policies and culture of corrections. This requires the balancing of the corrections goal of maintaining public safety with the provision of humane person-centered care. Effective and compassionate end-of-life care in correctional facilities is congruent with social work values, and it may be transformative for hospice inmate patients, hospice inmate volunteers, corrections staff, and criminal justice institutions.
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