1st Edition

Social Work Services and Patient Decision Making

By Patricia Hansen Copyright 1998
164 Pages
by Routledge

164 Pages
by Routledge

164 Pages
by Routledge

First published in 1998, this timely study of an American acute care hospital examines decision making by patients and their families along with a cost analysis of social work services. The first part focuses on the patient’s experience of acute hospital care and the second part examines the factors which influence the use of social work resources in providing services to acute hospital patients.... Read more

1. Literature Review. 2. A Framework for Analysis of Decisions and Disagreements. 3. Research Design and Methodology. 4. Results: Decision Making. 5. Results: Utilisation of Social Work Resources. 6. Discussion and Implications. 7. Summary.

Biography

Hansen, Patricia