La intervención de los trabajadores sociales en el marco de la Ley de Eutanasia

Pilar Munuera-Gómez; Spain; Ester Bódalo-Lozano; Jesús Adolfo Guillamón-Ayala

doi:10.30827/tsg-gsw.v13.29457

Authors

Pilar Munuera-Gómez Universidad Complutense de Madrid
Spain Universidad de Murcia
Ester Bodalo Universidad de Murcia
Jesús Guillamón Ayala Universidad de Murcia

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.30827/tsg-gsw.v13.29457

Keywords:

social work, euthanasia, end-of-life care, decision making

Abstract

This article addresses some of the challenges posed by the application of Organic Law 3/2021, of 24 March, on the regulation of euthanasia, for the intervention of social work professionals. From a quantitative perspective, the general objective of this research is to find out the opinion of social work professionals working in the healthcare context. To this end, a survey of social work professionals was drawn up and administered. The right to die, regulated by law, is a difficult path with varying degrees of complexity for patients and their families who opt for euthanasia, where training is a key element in making this social right effective. The main conclusions include the need for health institutions to create protocols establishing the work carried out by social health workers in the care of patients and families when making decisions about euthanasia.

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Author Biographies

Pilar Munuera-Gómez, Universidad Complutense de Madrid

Profesora Titular de Universidad Complutense de Madrid. Doctora y Lda. en Sociología Trabajadora Social. Experta en Mediación. Directora del Grupo Investigación UCM: Observatorio sobre la mediación e intervención social en las organizaciones (ref.940102). Autora de libros, capítulos de libro, artículos, contribuciones a congresos, sobre mediación, mediación sanitaria, mediación en situaciones de dependencia, mediación en discapacidad, trabajo social e innovación docente. Sus líneas de investigación principales son: Mediación, Trabajo Social, Trabajo Social, personas en situación de dependencia y con discapacidad, envejecimiento activo, emprendimiento social e innovación docente. Su trabajo incluye más de cien publicaciones.

Spain, Universidad de Murcia

Lecturer at the University of Murcia. PhD in Sociology (UMU). Graduate in Sociology (UMU), Graduate in Political Science and Public Administration (UMU), Diploma in Social Work (UMU). Master's Degree in the Analysis of Social Problems (UNED). Throughout his academic career he has developed his research on social inequality, gender inequality, long-term care, family reconciliation. She has participated in national and international research and transfer projects (Erasmus +). She has more than 70 publications, including dozens of articles in high impact journals (JCR-SJR). He has held numerous university management positions: Vice-Dean of Faculty (UMU), Director of the Office of Social Care (UMU), and is currently the coordinator of the Doctoral Programme in Social Work (UMU).

Ester Bodalo , Universidad de Murcia

Diploma in Social Work, degree and doctorate in Sociology. Assistant Professor at the University of Murcia (Spain). Her teaching is linked to the Faculty of Social Work, where she teaches undergraduate subjects and in two Master's Degrees, Mediation and Social Intervention and Criminology Applied to the Enforcement of Sentences, in subjects related to Dependence, Disability and Social Services, and she has been teaching at the University of Murcia since 2003 and is part of the Research Group Sociology of Welfare and Ageing, and has published two books, one on the Elderly and Consumption and another on Dependence and Disability. Author of numerous articles in the field of Sociology of Old Age, Social Work and Disability and in the field of Dependence, in journals such as REIS, Portularia, Revista de Sociologia da Universidade do Porto, Trabajo Social Hoy, etc. She has participated in 2 European projects, in an IMSERSO R&D project and in other projects of the Seneca Foundation of Murcia. Member of the Editorial Committee of the Revista Empresas Políticas and coordinator for several editions of the course "Case management and practical application in care for Dependency, organised by the School of Social Practice of the University of Murcia. She has spent time at the University of Endem (Germany) and the University of Turku (Finland).

Jesús Guillamón Ayala, Universidad de Murcia

Professor of Social Work at the UMU. PhD in Social Work from the UMU. Since 2019 he has held the position of Vice-Dean of International Relations and Communication. He has participated in various national and international projects. He has published numerous scientific articles and book chapters, especially on social policy and mediation.

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