1st Edition
International Perspectives on Social Work in Health Care Past, Present, and Future
By Gail K Auslander
Copyright 1997
280 Pages
by
Routledge
286 Pages
by
Routledge
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In the new health care environment, social workers are being called upon to act as case managers, coordinators, evaluators, therapists, and researchers. International Perspectives on Social Work in Health Care brings together academics and practitioners to discuss what managed care, cost containment, corporatization, and pre-payment portend for social work’s survival. Its explanatory pages will... Read more
Contents
Introduction
- I. Health Policy and Social Work
- Introduction to Section I
- The Role of Social Work in Improving Quality of Life in the Community
- Social Work Roles in America’s Changing Health Care
- Membership Theory, Rationalism, and the Claim to Adequacy in Health Services
- Women’s Health in Israel: A Feminist Perspective
- II. Social Work Practice Issues in Health
- Introduction to Section II
- The Challenge of Health Care Social Work with Gay Men and Lesbians
- A Creative Approach to HIV/AIDS Programs for Adolescents
- A Relational Perspective of Women Coping with Cancer: A Preliminary Study
- End-of-Life Decisions in the Home Care Setting
- Social Support in Bereavement Crisis--A Study of Interaction in Crisis Situations
- III. Developments in Health Social Work Research
- Introduction to Section III
- The Role of Research in Health and Mental Health Social Work
- Practice and Research: An Integrated Model for the Education of Social Work Interns
- A Service Mapping Approach to the Analysis of Service Use for People with Acquired Brain Injury
- Clarity of Purpose and Administrative Accountability: An Empirical Study in Long-Term Residential Care
- IV. Social Work Administration in Changing Health Care Organizations
- Introduction to Section IV
- Hospital Social Work and Community Care: The Practitioner’s View
- Career Outcomes Among Medical vs. Family Service Social Workers in Israel
- Creating Roles for Social Work in Changing Health Care Organizations: Organizational Development Perspective
- Index
- Reference Notes Included
Biography
Auslander, Gail K
