Member Spotlight

Interviewed by MariaEugenia A. MacWilliams, OPN-CG Mariana Campos Gutierrez is a psychotherapist and hospital psychologist in Mexico City. Co-founder of the Hospital Emotional Support Group (SoHMa), which provides psychological care to patients, family members and health professionals in oncology and HSCT in different hospitals. She provides collegiate lectures and classes in psychoeducation, focusing on health professional …

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AOSW will be celebrating its 35th conference in 2019. While we have no way of knowing all the lives our organization has touched, the careers it has launched or the social change it has affected, we do know that it is a privilege and honor to be a part of this legacy of service. At …

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How long have you been an oncology social worker? For 32 years. I have always been interested in helping others and giving back to people. In a rural area such as ours, a social worker has to be extremely diversified in their ability to help all “walks of life” in need. Oncology just happens to …

Member Spotlight: Robert McMillan, MSW, LCSW, BCD,OSW-C Read More »

MM: Tell me about the health system in Brazil. Tânia: Brazil recognizes health care as a right to citizenship and makes it compulsory and free of charge for all Brazilians. With more than 209 million inhabitants, Brazil has one of the largest public health systems in the world, the Unified Health System (known as SUS). The responsibilities …

International Oncology Social Work: Understanding Universal Care and the Social Work Role in Brazil Read More »

How long have you been an oncology social worker? I became an oncology social worker in 2017, but I have been working and volunteering in the field of psychosocial cancer support since shortly after my own cancer diagnosis in 2010. Being diagnosed with breast cancer at the age of 27 significantly impacted me, and I …

Member Spotlight: Erin Price, BS, MSW Read More »