Karen Bullock, PhD, LCSW, APHSW-C
Dr. Karen Bullock is an Endowed Professor of Social Work at Boston College. She has more than twenty-five years of clinical practice experience in mental health and aging, with expertise in health care disparities. Her research focuses on cancer care, social support for older adults with serious illness, and health equity. Dr. Bullock is a John A. Hartford Faculty Scholar and serves on several national boards and committees, including the National Association of Social Workers (NASW) National Committee on Racial and Ethnic Diversity (NCORED), and a past chair of the American Cancer Society (ACS) Oncology Social Work Research Peer Review Committee. She is a member of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine Roundtable Committee on Quality Care for People with Serious Illness. Dr. Bullock won the 2012 Best Article Award from the Routledge Journal of Social Work in end-of-life and palliative care, and she has been featured in the Washington Post, USA Today, and Los Angeles Times as an expert in these areas.
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Stay Ready: Attending to Implicit Bias in Health Care
A call for all in health care to become aware of unconscious, unintentional responses—or implicit biases—in order to provide the best care for patients and families.
Social Workers Can Lead the Way in Addressing Health Inequities
Three practical steps that palliative care leaders can take to empower their social work colleagues, and help bridge gaps in health equity.
