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This poem reflects on one of the most painful paradoxes in end-of-life care: a person may be surrounded by medical attention, institutional routines, and physical presence, yet still experience profound emotional loneliness. Through simple but evocative imagery, the poem portrays a hospital room where care is present in technical and procedural forms, but deeper human fears remain unheld. It invites readers to consider the limits of clinical proximity when emotional presence, existential recognition, and compassionate connection are absent. Positioned within the context of palliative and end-of-life care, the poem gives voice to the often-unspoken isolation that can accompany serious illness, even in spaces designed for support. As a reflective piece, it seeks to illuminate the hidden emotional landscape of dying and to encourage greater sensitivity to the relational dimensions of care among practitioners, caregivers, and scholars.
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The Journal of Social Work in End-of-Life & Palliative Care, now affiliated with the Social Work in Hospice and Palliative Care Network, explores issues crucial to caring for terminally ill patients and their families. Academics and social work practitioners present current research, articles, and continuing features on the "state of the art" of social work practice, including interdisciplinary interventions, practice innovations, practice evaluations, end-of-life decision-making, grief and bereavement, and ethical and moral issues. The Journal of Social Work in End-of-Life & Palliative Care combines theory and practice to facilitate an understanding of the multi-level issues surrounding care for those in pain and suffering from painful, debilitating, and/or terminal illness.
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