Full Description
An essential resource for social work professionals!As the focus of the health care industry shifts from predominantly hospital-based care to out-patient managed care, social workers must adapt to a new environment. Owing to changes driven by major advances in medical care knowledge, technology, and skill, new issues in ethics, practice, and policy have arisen. Behavioral Social Work in Health Care Settings addresses the impact that changing patterns in health care delivery have had (and will continue to have) on social work professionals, presenting a thoughtful collection of articles that combine research with practical experience.Behavioral Social Work in Health Care Settings looks at a range of critical issues facing health care social work professionals, including:
building a social support system for the patient
adopting a biopyschosocial approach to medical education
evaluating social work interventions in health care
addressing economic, quality-of-life, and ethical concerns of organ recipients
maintaining a client-based focus on health care
and also includes a study of the psychosocial needs of patients in a large urban medical centerRequired reading for social work administrators, practitioners, teachers, and students, Behavioral Social Work in Health Care Settings represents presentations from the Seventh Doris Siegel Memorial Colloquium, which called for the critical examination of changes in health care delivery brought about by financial pressures from government levels and private insurers.
Contents
Contents
Preface-Seventh Doris Siegel Memorial Colloquium: Behavioral Health Care Practice in the 21st Century
Welcome
The Seventh Doris Siegel Memorial Conference Tribute
Social Support, Social Networks, Social Cohesion, and Health
Behavioral Medicine in Medical Education: Report of a Survey
Outcomes of Social Work Intervention in Health Care Settings
The Nature of Social Work Services in a Large Public Medical Center Serving an Impoverished Multicultural Population
The Transplant Experience of Liver Recipients: Ethical Issues and Practice Implications
Managed Care: The New Context for Social Work in Health Care--Implications for Survivors of Childhood Cancer and Their Families
Index
Reference Notes Included
