Call for Papers for a Special Thematic Issue of the Journal of Social Work in End-of-Life and Palliative Care: Chronic Illness at the End of Life
Deadline: July 15, 2012
The Journal of Social Work in End-of-Life and Palliative Care invites manuscripts for a special thematic issue on chronic illness at the end of life.
Appropriate topics may be related to a range of medical diagnoses: Cancer, ESRD, Alzheimer’s, COPD, HIV, etc. and challenges encountered and opportunities presented at the end stages of the disease process. Issues could pertain to the needs of individuals diagnosed with the illness, caregivers (family and professional), health care systems, and policy. Also manuscripts could address: challenges faced by people facing multiple illnesses; challenges, innovations, and interventions in care of persons with chronic illness at EOL; pain management/palliative care issues; and the role of the social worker and the interdisciplinary teams consideration in care of persons with chronic illness at EOL. Manuscripts could focus on a single illness or compare issues/interventions across illnesses. Also, a range of practice settings, hospice, hospital, nursing homes, assisted living could serve as a focus for manuscripts. As always, international perspectives and cross-cultural research are welcome.
Please address questions to Editor-in-Chief, Ellen L. Csikai, PhD at ecsikai@sw.ua.edu<mailto:ecsikai@sw.ua.edu>.
Manuscripts for this issue are due by July 15, 2012 and must be submitted online to ScholarOne:
http://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/wswe
Editor: Ellen L. Csikai, LCSW, MPH, PhD Professor, School of Social Work
The University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL
MANUSCRIPT SUBMISSIONS
Journal of Social Work in End-of Life and Palliative Care receives all manuscript submissions electronically via the ScholarOne Manuscripts website located at: http://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/wswe. ScholarOne Manuscripts allows for rapid submission of original and revised manuscripts, as well as facilitating the review process and internal communication between authors, editors and reviewers via a web-based platform. ScholarOne Manuscripts technical support can be accessed via http://scholarone.com/services/support/. If you have any other requests please contact the journal’s editor at ecsikai@sw.ua.edu.
