Palliative Care is a multidisciplinary approach to specialized medical care for people with serious illnesses. It focuses on providing patients with relief from the symptoms, pain, physical stress, and mental stress of a serious illness. The goal of such therapy is to improve quality of life for both the patient and the family. In “Social Work Practice and Palliative Care”, Dede Sparks, LCSW, reviews the many pieces of palliative care, including the critical role social worker’s play in their work with patients. Dede examines the importance of a bio-psycho-social assessment, educating medical teams on the influence of culture, religion, and spirituality in a patient’s care, and the importance of healthy collaboration with the many complex systems providing care to a patient and family. The video concludes with a role play of an assessment and intervention planning session with a client who has just been diagnosed with a serious, potentially life limiting, but also potentially curable disease. Watch how Dede provides a safe and supportive environment that allows her client to explore what she is most concerned about and determine her own goals and objectives for treatment.