Social Work Hospice Leaders Gain Recognition

Nov 29, 2011

Several social workers have recently received national recognition for their leadership in hospice and palliative care.

Tracy Schroepfer, associate professor and director for the part-time MSW program at the University of Wisconsin-Madison’s School of Social Work, was selected earlier this year to serve on the steering committee of the National Quality Forum’s Palliative Care and End-of-Life Care Project.

NASW and the National Coalition for Hospice and Palliative Care nominated Schroepfer for the position.

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