Wallace Chi Ho Chan
Biographic Data
| ID | 4412640 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Wallace Chi Ho Chan |
| GIVEN NAMES | Wallace Chi Ho |
| FAMILY NAME | Chan |
| SIGNATURE | CHAN W C H |
| AFFILIATIONS | Chinese University of Hong Kong |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-1006-7343 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 34 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 42 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 34 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2010 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Better conversations: Embedding death education in higher education as a pedagogical and public health responsibility
Death education remains unevenly embedded within higher education despite professional and civic relevance. This article presents the conceptual rationale and pedagogical design of Better Conversations, a two-week undergraduate intervention integrating public health palliative care (Kellehear), constructivist staging (Yang et al.), and life-death education frameworks (Phan et al.). Drawing on trauma-informed and culturally reflexive pedagogy, the…
A home-based palliative care service in Hong Kong: Supporting patients and family caregivers’ provision of end-of-life care
Validation of the English version of Self-competence in Death Work Scale among palliative care professionals: Interfacing between professional and personal orientations
The original Chinese version of the Self-competence in Death Work Scale was developed to measure helping professionals' perceived competence to cope with emotional and existential challenges in working with death and bereavement. This study aimed to validate the English version of this scale. A survey was conducted and 199 palliative care professionals (PCP) in the UK completed an online questionnaire. Findings supported the scale's validity but …
Transitions of older adults with cognitive impairments to the institutional care from the perspectives of family caregivers and nursing home administrators
This study investigated the transition of cognitively impaired older adults into institutional care, focusing on the experiences and decision-making processes of family caregivers and facility administrators. Using a qualitative approach, data were collected from 15 family caregivers who had recently sent their loved ones to care facilities and 5 administrators. Deductive content analysis was applied to understand four types of long-term care adm…
Dimensions of Social Capital for Supporting Informal Carers of Patients With Advanced Chronic Illness in the Community: A Concept Mapping Study
INTRODUCTION: Social capital, defined as social interactions that increase the productivity of a community, can help address the health needs of the community. Although evidence suggests that carers of patients with advanced chronic illnesses experience a high caregiving burden and require community support, the specific dimensions of social capital they need remain unclear. METHODS: This concept mapping study was conducted between April 2021 and…
Subjective Burden Over Intensity: The Protective Role of Sense of Coherence in Chinese Dementia Caregivers’ Depression Status
Grieving the loss of parents: A qualitative study of bereaved adult children who received professional support
This study examined the bereavement experiences of adult children in Hong Kong. Fifteen participants who were receiving bereavement counseling services were recruited from an organization. In-depth interviews were conducted, and reflexive thematic analysis was applied. Findings highlight their difficulties in adjusting to parental loss, even when parents died in old age. Making sense of the loss was hindered by sudden changes in parents' health a…
Funeral support services for socio-economically deprived bereaved people in Hong Kong: An exploratory study of their effectiveness
This study aimed to explore the effectiveness of funeral support services for socio-economically deprived bereaved people in Hong Kong. Via a questionnaire, service users were asked to report their psychosocial status in different domains before and after the services. A quasi-experimental design was also used to compare service users with non-service users in different psychosocial domains after the funerals had taken place. Findings showed that…
Expanding horizons in social work
“I never told my family I was grieving for my mom”: The not‐disclosing‐grief experiences of parentally bereaved adolescents and young adults in Chinese families
In bereavement literature, the significance of open communication within the family is often highlighted. However, in recent years, scholars have noticed the complexity of grief communication in the family, especially challenges and obstacles to sharing grief. Our study seeks to contribute to the research by offering a deeper understanding of the grief‐sharing experiences of parentally bereaved adolescents and young adults from China, a family‐ce…
Social capital for carers of patients with advanced organ failure: A qualitative exploration of stakeholders’ perspectives
Carers can utilize personal attributes, interpersonal relationships, community resources, and societal contexts to enhance their caregiving. While this system can serve as a framework for building carer-friendly communities, interventions may be required to strengthen some aspects of social capital
Developing a storybook package for bereaved siblings: A pilot study of the effectiveness for enhancing the perceived knowledge and confidence of health and social care professionals in Hong Kong
A pilot randomized controlled trial was conducted to examine the effectiveness of a storybook package for enhancing the perceived knowledge and confidence of health and social care professionals in working with bereaved child siblings and their parents before and after the loss. Open-ended questions were asked to collect feedback, and thematic analyses were conducted to generate the themes. Quantitative findings provided preliminary but not stron…
Applying Logotherapy in Teaching Meaning in Life in Professional Training and Social Work Education
Meaning in life is an important topic for professional training and social work education. This article aims to illustrate how Viktor Frankl’s logotherapy could be applied as the framework in teaching meaning in life to social work students and helping professionals. It critically examines the experience of teaching meaning in life and integrating it with various training and education components, such as human behaviours, end-of-life and bereave…
Interprofessional education—situations of a university in Hong Kong and major hurdles to teachers and students
Studies have provided evidence that Interprofessional Education (IPE) can improve learners’ attitudes, knowledge, skills, behaviors, and competency. Traditionally, IPE is commonly seen in the healthcare professional training in tertiary education. Aging is a global issue that requires more than just a single healthcare sector. It requires interdisciplinary collaboration and understanding to tackle the issues. Therefore, IPE is essential for nurtu…
The Influence of Intrapersonal, Interpersonal, and Community Protective Factors on Hong Kong Adolescents’ Stress Arising from Political Life Events and Their Mental Health
Precarious political circumstances can take a mental toll on young people. Adopting a socio-ecological perspective, this study investigated the influence of stress arising from political life events, intrapersonal factors (i.e., meaning in life, resilience), interpersonal factors (i.e., social support, associational social capital), and community factors (i.e., perceived empowerment in the community, perceived opportunities for civic engagement) …
Conducting an advance care planning group among older adults living in residential care homes: An initiative of social workers in Hong Kong
This study aimed to examine the effects of an advance care planning (ACP) group which was developed by social workers in Hong Kong for older adults. A quasi-experimental study was conducted. Participants were recruited from 14 residential care homes. The ACP intervention group included 59 participants for analyses, and the control group 58. Three major outcomes were measured at two time points: (a) Quality-of-life concerns, (b) End-of-life prefer…
Communication with family concerning body donation in Hong Kong: What do we know
This study aimed to examine three major issues: (a) The extent to which registered donors have communicated with family about body donation; (b) The differences in demographics, life and death attitudes, and quality of relationship with family members between those who communicated their body donation decision and those who did not; (c) The factors associated with the act of communicating with family about body donation. A survey was conducted of…
Professional quality of life, depression, and meaning in life among helping professionals: The moderating role of self-competence in death work
We examined the moderating role of self-competence in death work, and the relationships of professional quality of life with personal well-being and self-competence in death work. Two hundred helping professionals (mean age = 40.43, 85.5% female) completed a questionnaire. Better professional quality of life (i.e., a higher level of compassion satisfaction and lower levels of burnout and secondary traumatic stress) was associated with better pers…
Understanding family involvement in body donation in Hong Kong: A qualitative study of registered donors and bereaved family members
Encouraging the public to donate their bodies after death is crucial for anatomy teaching in medical education. In Hong Kong, success may be affected if family members override the registered donors' wish after death, and thus the role of family in body donation is worth more attention. This study aims to examine how family is involved in the process of body donation. A qualitative study was conducted in Hong Kong. Registered donors and bereaved …
Moderating effects of meaning in life on the relationship between depression and self-competence in death work among helping professionals
This study aims to examine the relationships of self-competence in death work (SC-DW) with meaning in life (MIL) and depression, particularly the moderating effects of MIL on the relationship between depression and SC-DW. A total of 151 helping professionals completed a questionnaire. SC-DW showed negative and positive significant associations with depression and MIL, respectively. MIL was the moderator between depression and SC-DW. At the same d…
Dialogues and debates in practice research
Perceived challenges in pediatric palliative care among doctors and nurses in Hong Kong
This study aims to examine perceived challenges, including knowledge, skills, self, and work environment, of professionals in providing pediatric palliative care (PPC) in Hong Kong and the differences in perceived challenges between groups. A total of 680 pediatric doctors and nurses participated in the survey. They tended to perceive the provision of PPC as difficult and considered "advanced skills" (those dealing with death-related issues) chal…
Assessing Suicidal Risk in Practice: A Validation Study Initiated by Medical Social Workers
Medical social workers may often assess the suicide risk of patients. In addition to their professional assessment via clinical interviews, a valid scale may help provide a quick assessment of the risk of suicide. In Hong Kong, medical social workers wanted to initiate practice-based research with a social work scholar in the university. This research aimed to validate the Hong Kong Chinese version of the Scale for Suicide Ideation (HKC-SSI) and …
Assessing Meaning in Life in Social Work Practice: Validation of the Meaning in Life Questionnaire among Clinical Samples
Increasing attention has been paid to incorporating spirituality into social work practice. Meaning in life is an important part of clients' spirituality which social workers need to assess. This study therefore focused on meaning in life and aimed to validate the Chinese version of the Meaning in Life Questionnaire (MLQ) (C-MLQ) and examine the psychometric properties of the C-MLQ among clinical Hong Kong Chinese populations. Data coming from th…
Effectiveness of an experiential workshop for enhancing helping professionals’ self-competence in death work in Hong Kong: A randomised controlled trial
Helping professionals require self-competence in coping with the existential and emotional challenges of death work. Previous training often focused on knowledge and skills rather than on this competence. This study aimed to examine the effectiveness of a 3-day workshop in Hong Kong to enhance helping professionals' self-competence in death work. A randomised controlled trial was conducted to examine the effects of the training between January an…
Beyond Knowledge and Skills: Self-Competence in Working With Death, Dying, and Bereavement
This study explored helping professionals' views on death work competencies. A total of 176 helping professionals were invited to state what the necessary competencies in death work are. Content analysis was conducted. Results showed that death work competencies can be categorized into 4 major areas: (a) knowledge competence, (b) practice competence, (c) self-competence, and (d) work-environment competence. Self-competence was the most frequently…
Clinical data-mining: Learning from practice in international settings
This article describes a practice-based, mixed-method research methodology – Clinical Data-Mining (CDM) – as a strategy for engaging international practitioners for describing, evaluating and reflecting upon endogenous forms of practice with the ultimate goal of improving practice and contributing to knowledge (Epstein, 2010). These knowledge contributions are perforce ‘local’, but through conceptual reflection and/or empirical replication they m…
Assessing Meaning in Life in Social Work Practice: Validation of the Meaning in Life Questionnaire among Clinical Samples
Increasing attention has been paid to incorporating spirituality into social work practice. Meaning in life is an important part of clients' spirituality which social workers need to assess. This study therefore focused on meaning in life and aimed to validate the Chinese version of the Meaning in Life Questionnaire (MLQ) (C-MLQ) and examine the psychometric properties of the C-MLQ among clinical Hong Kong Chinese populations. Data coming from th…
Professional quality of life, depression, and meaning in life among helping professionals: The moderating role of self-competence in death work
We examined the moderating role of self-competence in death work, and the relationships of professional quality of life with personal well-being and self-competence in death work. Two hundred helping professionals (mean age = 40.43, 85.5% female) completed a questionnaire. Better professional quality of life (i.e., a higher level of compassion satisfaction and lower levels of burnout and secondary traumatic stress) was associated with better pers…
Understanding family involvement in body donation in Hong Kong: A qualitative study of registered donors and bereaved family members
Encouraging the public to donate their bodies after death is crucial for anatomy teaching in medical education. In Hong Kong, success may be affected if family members override the registered donors' wish after death, and thus the role of family in body donation is worth more attention. This study aims to examine how family is involved in the process of body donation. A qualitative study was conducted in Hong Kong. Registered donors and bereaved …
Moderating effects of meaning in life on the relationship between depression and self-competence in death work among helping professionals
This study aims to examine the relationships of self-competence in death work (SC-DW) with meaning in life (MIL) and depression, particularly the moderating effects of MIL on the relationship between depression and SC-DW. A total of 151 helping professionals completed a questionnaire. SC-DW showed negative and positive significant associations with depression and MIL, respectively. MIL was the moderator between depression and SC-DW. At the same d…
Perceived challenges in pediatric palliative care among doctors and nurses in Hong Kong
This study aims to examine perceived challenges, including knowledge, skills, self, and work environment, of professionals in providing pediatric palliative care (PPC) in Hong Kong and the differences in perceived challenges between groups. A total of 680 pediatric doctors and nurses participated in the survey. They tended to perceive the provision of PPC as difficult and considered "advanced skills" (those dealing with death-related issues) chal…
Effectiveness of an experiential workshop for enhancing helping professionals’ self-competence in death work in Hong Kong: A randomised controlled trial
Helping professionals require self-competence in coping with the existential and emotional challenges of death work. Previous training often focused on knowledge and skills rather than on this competence. This study aimed to examine the effectiveness of a 3-day workshop in Hong Kong to enhance helping professionals' self-competence in death work. A randomised controlled trial was conducted to examine the effects of the training between January an…
Funeral support services for socio-economically deprived bereaved people in Hong Kong: An exploratory study of their effectiveness
This study aimed to explore the effectiveness of funeral support services for socio-economically deprived bereaved people in Hong Kong. Via a questionnaire, service users were asked to report their psychosocial status in different domains before and after the services. A quasi-experimental design was also used to compare service users with non-service users in different psychosocial domains after the funerals had taken place. Findings showed that…
Communication with family concerning body donation in Hong Kong: What do we know
This study aimed to examine three major issues: (a) The extent to which registered donors have communicated with family about body donation; (b) The differences in demographics, life and death attitudes, and quality of relationship with family members between those who communicated their body donation decision and those who did not; (c) The factors associated with the act of communicating with family about body donation. A survey was conducted of…
Dialogues and debates in practice research
Acceptance of Spousal Death: The Factor of Time in Bereaved Older Adults' Search for Meaning
Response to the death of a spouse was examined by focusing on acceptance, which was conceptualized as both a process and an outcome. Grounded theory was applied to analyze the experience of 15 bereaved Hong Kong Chinese older adults. The main theme that emerged was time. Acceptance of spousal death was found to be related to the search for meaning in 2 time-related themes: timing of spousal death and paradoxical time perception. For paradoxical t…
Introducing the 8A Model in Death Education Training: Promoting Planning for End-Of-Life Care for Hong Kong Chinese
Although planning for end-of-life care is crucial, it is underdeveloped in the Hong Kong Chinese context. To review the local experience in death education training, it was found that helping professionals may not be equipped with adequate knowledge and skills to deal with the various needs of clients in death preparation and planning for end-of-life care. The 8A model adapted the Transtheoretical model for understanding the needs of clients in d…
Introducing the 8A Model in Death Education Training: Promoting Planning for End-Of-Life Care for Hong Kong Chinese
Although planning for end-of-life care is crucial, it is underdeveloped in the Hong Kong Chinese context. To review the local experience in death education training, it was found that helping professionals may not be equipped with adequate knowledge and skills to deal with the various needs of clients in death preparation and planning for end-of-life care. The 8A model adapted the Transtheoretical model for understanding the needs of clients in d…
The Chinese Version of the Multidimensional Orientation toward Dying and Death Inventory (Moddi-F/Chin): An Introduction
Preliminary data on the test criteria of the Chinese version of the Multidimensional Orientation Toward Dying and Death Inventory (MODDI-F/chin) are presented. Data from a sample of Hong Kong college students (N = 256) revealed internal consistencies of the eight subtests between .68 and .91, on the whole favorable shape of frequency distributions, and evidence of construct as well as differential validity of the instrument. The use of the full s…
Acceptance of Spousal Death: The Factor of Time in Bereaved Older Adults' Search for Meaning
Response to the death of a spouse was examined by focusing on acceptance, which was conceptualized as both a process and an outcome. Grounded theory was applied to analyze the experience of 15 bereaved Hong Kong Chinese older adults. The main theme that emerged was time. Acceptance of spousal death was found to be related to the search for meaning in 2 time-related themes: timing of spousal death and paradoxical time perception. For paradoxical t…
Factor Structure of the Multidimensional Orientation Toward Dying and Death Inventory Among Hong Kong College Students: A Preliminary Study
This study examines the factor structures of the Chinese version of the Multidimensional Orientation Toward Dying and Death Inventory (MODDI-F/ chin), originally established in German language, in a sample of Hong Kong college students (n = 256). Both confirmatory factor analysis and exploratory factor analysis were performed to examine the factor structures of the MODDI-F/ chin. The results showed that, identical to the German version, the MODDI…
English Adaptation versus Mother Tongue: Reliability of the English Version of Moddi—F Administered to Hong Kong Chinese College Students
Two samples of Hong Kong college students completed the English and the Chinese version of the Multidimensional Orientation Toward Dying and Death Inventory (MODDI-F), respectively. Results show substantially lower coefficients of internal consistency in the English version when compared with its Chinese counterpart. The construct validity of the instrument, i.e., the statistical relationships between its subtests, was confirmed. Whenever availab…
Researching “Good Death” in a Hong Kong Palliative Care Program: A Clinical Data-Mining Study
This study operationalizes and assesses the percentage of "good deaths" achieved among Chinese cancer patients in a palliative care program, the profile of these patients, the relationship between patients with a good death and psychosocial factors, and the differences in background factors, and physical and psychosocial conditions between patients who experienced a good death and those who did not. Clinical data mining was the research method us…
Beyond Knowledge and Skills: Self-Competence in Working With Death, Dying, and Bereavement
This study explored helping professionals' views on death work competencies. A total of 176 helping professionals were invited to state what the necessary competencies in death work are. Content analysis was conducted. Results showed that death work competencies can be categorized into 4 major areas: (a) knowledge competence, (b) practice competence, (c) self-competence, and (d) work-environment competence. Self-competence was the most frequently…
Clinical data-mining: Learning from practice in international settings
This article describes a practice-based, mixed-method research methodology – Clinical Data-Mining (CDM) – as a strategy for engaging international practitioners for describing, evaluating and reflecting upon endogenous forms of practice with the ultimate goal of improving practice and contributing to knowledge (Epstein, 2010). These knowledge contributions are perforce ‘local’, but through conceptual reflection and/or empirical replication they m…
Relationships between Psycho-Social Issues and Physical Symptoms of Hong Kong Chinese Palliative Care Patients: Insights into Social Workers' Role in Symptoms Management
Social workers' uniqueness in providing psycho-social care in palliative care has been increasingly challenged in the twenty-first century. One area in which social workers may overlook their roles and contributions is in management of patients' physical symptoms. The literature mainly highlights the role of social workers in working with the psychosocial pain of palliative care patients but may address little the relationships between different …
Effectiveness of an experiential workshop for enhancing helping professionals’ self-competence in death work in Hong Kong: A randomised controlled trial
Helping professionals require self-competence in coping with the existential and emotional challenges of death work. Previous training often focused on knowledge and skills rather than on this competence. This study aimed to examine the effectiveness of a 3-day workshop in Hong Kong to enhance helping professionals' self-competence in death work. A randomised controlled trial was conducted to examine the effects of the training between January an…
Assessing Meaning in Life in Social Work Practice: Validation of the Meaning in Life Questionnaire among Clinical Samples
Increasing attention has been paid to incorporating spirituality into social work practice. Meaning in life is an important part of clients' spirituality which social workers need to assess. This study therefore focused on meaning in life and aimed to validate the Chinese version of the Meaning in Life Questionnaire (MLQ) (C-MLQ) and examine the psychometric properties of the C-MLQ among clinical Hong Kong Chinese populations. Data coming from th…
Dialogues and debates in practice research
Perceived challenges in pediatric palliative care among doctors and nurses in Hong Kong
This study aims to examine perceived challenges, including knowledge, skills, self, and work environment, of professionals in providing pediatric palliative care (PPC) in Hong Kong and the differences in perceived challenges between groups. A total of 680 pediatric doctors and nurses participated in the survey. They tended to perceive the provision of PPC as difficult and considered "advanced skills" (those dealing with death-related issues) chal…
Assessing Suicidal Risk in Practice: A Validation Study Initiated by Medical Social Workers
Medical social workers may often assess the suicide risk of patients. In addition to their professional assessment via clinical interviews, a valid scale may help provide a quick assessment of the risk of suicide. In Hong Kong, medical social workers wanted to initiate practice-based research with a social work scholar in the university. This research aimed to validate the Hong Kong Chinese version of the Scale for Suicide Ideation (HKC-SSI) and …
Understanding family involvement in body donation in Hong Kong: A qualitative study of registered donors and bereaved family members
Encouraging the public to donate their bodies after death is crucial for anatomy teaching in medical education. In Hong Kong, success may be affected if family members override the registered donors' wish after death, and thus the role of family in body donation is worth more attention. This study aims to examine how family is involved in the process of body donation. A qualitative study was conducted in Hong Kong. Registered donors and bereaved …
Moderating effects of meaning in life on the relationship between depression and self-competence in death work among helping professionals
This study aims to examine the relationships of self-competence in death work (SC-DW) with meaning in life (MIL) and depression, particularly the moderating effects of MIL on the relationship between depression and SC-DW. A total of 151 helping professionals completed a questionnaire. SC-DW showed negative and positive significant associations with depression and MIL, respectively. MIL was the moderator between depression and SC-DW. At the same d…
Communication with family concerning body donation in Hong Kong: What do we know
This study aimed to examine three major issues: (a) The extent to which registered donors have communicated with family about body donation; (b) The differences in demographics, life and death attitudes, and quality of relationship with family members between those who communicated their body donation decision and those who did not; (c) The factors associated with the act of communicating with family about body donation. A survey was conducted of…
Professional quality of life, depression, and meaning in life among helping professionals: The moderating role of self-competence in death work
We examined the moderating role of self-competence in death work, and the relationships of professional quality of life with personal well-being and self-competence in death work. Two hundred helping professionals (mean age = 40.43, 85.5% female) completed a questionnaire. Better professional quality of life (i.e., a higher level of compassion satisfaction and lower levels of burnout and secondary traumatic stress) was associated with better pers…
The Influence of Intrapersonal, Interpersonal, and Community Protective Factors on Hong Kong Adolescents’ Stress Arising from Political Life Events and Their Mental Health
Precarious political circumstances can take a mental toll on young people. Adopting a socio-ecological perspective, this study investigated the influence of stress arising from political life events, intrapersonal factors (i.e., meaning in life, resilience), interpersonal factors (i.e., social support, associational social capital), and community factors (i.e., perceived empowerment in the community, perceived opportunities for civic engagement) …
Conducting an advance care planning group among older adults living in residential care homes: An initiative of social workers in Hong Kong
This study aimed to examine the effects of an advance care planning (ACP) group which was developed by social workers in Hong Kong for older adults. A quasi-experimental study was conducted. Participants were recruited from 14 residential care homes. The ACP intervention group included 59 participants for analyses, and the control group 58. Three major outcomes were measured at two time points: (a) Quality-of-life concerns, (b) End-of-life prefer…
Interprofessional education—situations of a university in Hong Kong and major hurdles to teachers and students
Studies have provided evidence that Interprofessional Education (IPE) can improve learners’ attitudes, knowledge, skills, behaviors, and competency. Traditionally, IPE is commonly seen in the healthcare professional training in tertiary education. Aging is a global issue that requires more than just a single healthcare sector. It requires interdisciplinary collaboration and understanding to tackle the issues. Therefore, IPE is essential for nurtu…
“I never told my family I was grieving for my mom”: The not‐disclosing‐grief experiences of parentally bereaved adolescents and young adults in Chinese families
In bereavement literature, the significance of open communication within the family is often highlighted. However, in recent years, scholars have noticed the complexity of grief communication in the family, especially challenges and obstacles to sharing grief. Our study seeks to contribute to the research by offering a deeper understanding of the grief‐sharing experiences of parentally bereaved adolescents and young adults from China, a family‐ce…
Social capital for carers of patients with advanced organ failure: A qualitative exploration of stakeholders’ perspectives
Carers can utilize personal attributes, interpersonal relationships, community resources, and societal contexts to enhance their caregiving. While this system can serve as a framework for building carer-friendly communities, interventions may be required to strengthen some aspects of social capital
Developing a storybook package for bereaved siblings: A pilot study of the effectiveness for enhancing the perceived knowledge and confidence of health and social care professionals in Hong Kong
A pilot randomized controlled trial was conducted to examine the effectiveness of a storybook package for enhancing the perceived knowledge and confidence of health and social care professionals in working with bereaved child siblings and their parents before and after the loss. Open-ended questions were asked to collect feedback, and thematic analyses were conducted to generate the themes. Quantitative findings provided preliminary but not stron…
Applying Logotherapy in Teaching Meaning in Life in Professional Training and Social Work Education
Meaning in life is an important topic for professional training and social work education. This article aims to illustrate how Viktor Frankl’s logotherapy could be applied as the framework in teaching meaning in life to social work students and helping professionals. It critically examines the experience of teaching meaning in life and integrating it with various training and education components, such as human behaviours, end-of-life and bereave…
Psychology (26 works) · Medicine (21 works) · Grief, Bereavement, and Mental Health (20 works) · Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues (16 works) · Social Psychology (12 works) · Nursing (11 works) · Clinical Psychology (10 works) · Social Psychology (10 works) · Clinical Psychology (8 works) · Political science (8 works)