Maxxine Rattner, Wilfrid Laurier University

Research

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Latest papers

Nonphysical Suffering: An Under-Resourced and Key Role for Hospice and Palliative Care Social Workers.
Journal of social work in end-of-life & palliative care · 2024 · first author
'Total pain': reverence and reconsideration.
Frontiers in sociology · 2023 · first author
Increasing our understanding of nonphysical suffering within palliative care: A scoping review.
Palliative & supportive care · 2022 · first author

All 5 publications

5 publications.

01

Nonphysical Suffering: An Under-Resourced and Key Role for Hospice and Palliative Care Social Workers.

Rattner M, Cait CA

Journal of social work in end-of-life & palliative care2024First author

DOI: 10.1080/15524256.2023.2272590 PMID: 37948164

02

'Total pain': reverence and reconsideration.

Rattner M

Frontiers in sociology2023First author

DOI: 10.3389/fsoc.2023.1286208 PMID: 38077994

03

Increasing our understanding of nonphysical suffering within palliative care: A scoping review.

Rattner M

Palliative & supportive care2022First author

DOI: 10.1017/s1478951521001127 PMID: 35713347

04

COVID-19: Encountering Never-Before-Known Suffering.

Rattner M

Journal of social work in end-of-life & palliative care2021First author

DOI: 10.1080/15524256.2021.1881692 PMID: 33576314

05

Navigating the Intangible: Working With Nonphysical Suffering on the Front Lines of Palliative Care.

Rattner M

Omega2020First author

DOI: 10.1177/0030222818797171 PMID: 30185114

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Cheryl-Anne Cait

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1 shared papers, latest 2024

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