基本説明
Pays particular attention to four domains of health care and the role that social workers play in these roles in the present day and in the future.
Full Description
Social Work in Health Care: Its Past and Future gives social workers up-to-date, comprehensive information about the roles and the kinds of skills needed in all aspects of health care in the field. The book focuses on health care's four major domains: acute care, ambulatory care, illness prevention and health promotion, and long-term care. Surjit SIngh Dhooper reviews the past and present of each of these areas, projects their major needs in the future, and suggests how social work can help meet these needs. The author presents practice theories, principles, approaches, models, and techniques appropriate for the many roles and responsibilities in social work. The book concludes by describing general strategies social workers can use to succeed and thrive in health care settings.
Contents
Preface
1. Introduction
2. Health Care Settings: Their Past
3. Future Needs of Health Care
4. Social Work in Acute Care
5. Social Work in Ambulatory Care
6. Social Work in Illness Prevention and Health Promotion
7. Social Work in Long-Term Care
8. Thriving in Health Care
References
Author Index
Subject Index
About the Author
