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| Kathy BlackSummaryAffiliation: University of South Florida Country: USA Publications
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Health care professionals' death attitudes, experiences, and advance directive communication behaviorKathy Black
School of Social Work, University of South Florida at Sarasota Manatee, CPP 104, 5700 N Tamiami Trail, Sarasota, FL 34243, USA
Death Stud 31:563-72. 2007..Approach acceptance of death positively correlated with initiating the discussion of advance directives. Practitioners indicating recent personal experiences with terminal illness reported disclosing more information about the documents...
Specialized teams complement nursing. Patient satisfaction begins with satisfied professional and support teamsKathy Black
Aramark Healthcare Management Services, ARAMARK Tower, 1101 Market St, Philadelphia, PA 19107, USA
Healthc Exec 19:50-1. 2004
Social workers' personal death attitudes, experiences, and advance directive communication behaviorKathy Black
School of Social Work, University of South Florida at Sarasota, 5700 N Tamiami Drive, Sarasota, FL 34243, USA
J Soc Work End Life Palliat Care 1:21-35. 2005..Findings suggest that social workers' advance directive communication behavior differs by practitioners' death attitudes and experiences. Implications for social work education and professional development are discussed...
Measuring case managers' advance care planning practice: translating focus group findings to survey developmentKathy Black
School of Social Work, University of South Florida at Sarasota Manatee, Sarasota, FL 34243, USA
Care Manag J 9:166-76. 2008..Implications for qualitative to quantitative measurement are discussed...
Advance directive communications practices:social worker's contributions to the interdisciplinary health care teamKathy Black
School of Social Work, University of South Florida, 5700 N Tamiami Drive, Sarasota, FL 34243, USA
Soc Work Health Care 40:39-55. 2005..Results suggest that social workers offer distinct skills in their advance directive communication practices and discuss advance directives more frequently than either physicians or nurses...
Concerned about client decision-making capacity? Considerations for practiceKathy Black
School of Social Work, University of South Florida at Sarasota Manatee, FL 34243, USA
Care Manag J 6:50-5. 2005..Ethical aspects are addressed and the process of assessing capacity is reviewed to enhance case managers' practices in this area...
Factors associated with advance care planning among older women in Southwest FloridaKathy Black
School of Social Work, University of South Florida, Sarasota Manatee, 8350 North Tamiami Trail, Sarasota, FL 34243, USA
J Women Aging 20:249-64. 2008..Nonaccepting attitudes toward planning were associated with a decreased likelihood to have advance care planning documents...
Advance directive communication: nurses' and social workers' perceptions of rolesKathy Black
School of Social Work, University of South Florida, Sarasota, Florida 34243, USA
Am J Hosp Palliat Care 23:175-84. 2006..There was mutual recognition of interdisciplinary roles. The findings suggest that nurses and social workers engage in both parallel and complementary advance care planning practices with their patients...
Advance care planning throughout the end-of-life: focusing the lens for social work practiceKathy Black
School of Social Work, University of South Florida, 8500 North Tamiami Trail, Sarasota, FL 34243, USA
J Soc Work End Life Palliat Care 3:39-58. 2007..Research regarding the advance care planning needs of older adults with the key conditions is presented. Further research is needed to enhance social work practice in this area...
Exploring influences on community-based case managers' advance care planning practices: facilitators or barriers?Kathy Black
School of Social Work, College of Education, University of South Florida Sarasota Manatee, Sarasota, FL 34243, USA
Home Health Care Serv Q 26:41-58. 2007..More research is needed to clarify the factors associated with case managers' divergent advance care planning practices in order to enhance professional practice in this area...
Promoting advance care planning through the National Healthcare Decisions Day initiativeKathy Black
College of Arts and Sciences, University of South Florida Sarasota Manatee, Sarasota, Florida 34243, USA
J Soc Work End Life Palliat Care 6:11-26. 2010..A description of a successful event conducted in a suburban Southeastern community is provided to illustrate the activities and roles performed by social work...
Nurses' advance care planning communication: an investigationKathy Black
Geriatr Nurs 27:222-7; quiz 228. 2006....
Strategies at work. Innovative programs grab a thumbs upKathy Black
Development for Aramark Servicemaster, Downer's Grove, Ill, USA
Nurs Manage 34:19-22. 2003
