International perspectives on social work in health care : past, present and future / / Gail K. Auslander, editor ; Gary Rosenberg, Andrew Weissman, series editors

• Pubblicazione: New York : , : Routledge, , 2013
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (281 p.)
• Disciplina: 362.1/0425
• Soggetto topico: Medical social work
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Altri autori: AuslanderGail K. <1949->
• Note generali: "Also been published as Social work in health care, volume 25, numbers 1/2 1997"--T.p. verso.; Papers presented at the First International Conference on Social Work in Health and Mental Health Care, Jerusalem, Israel, Jan. 22-26, 1995.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of 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 StudyEnd-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 CareIV. Social Work Administration in Changing Health Care Organizations; Introduction to Section IV; Hospital Social Work and Community Care: The Practitioners' 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
• Sommario/riassunto: 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 help you understand the need for skills in networking, mediation, and advocacy, how to link communities and institutions, and how to conceptualize, quantify, and measure the outcomes of social work inte
• Titolo autorizzato: International perspectives on social work in health care
• ISBN: 1-317-94883-1; 1-315-86248-4; 1-317-94884-X
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910464259203321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II