Changing Face of Health Care Social Work (eBook)

Opportunities and Challenges for Professional Practice

LCSW Diane C. Holliman PhD, LCSW Sophia F. Dziegielewski PhD (Autoren)

eBook Download: EPUB

2019 | 4. Auflage
520 Seiten
Springer Publishing Company (Verlag)
978-0-8261-6983-9 (ISBN)

Infos

This practical guide provides the knowledge and skills social workers need when navigating the complex health care environment, while having to continuously adapt to change. Substantially revised and updated, the fourth edition delivers a wealth of new information reflecting the rapidly evolving health care landscape. Full of practice-oriented advice, it encompasses all aspects of professional health care social work in the U.S. health care system, across all key settings.Throughout the fourth edition there is a strong emphasis on the importance of developing best practices that are evidence-based, culturally-sensitive, supportive, and ethically accountable. The book is also a call to action for social workers, who must not only be therapeutically effective but also professionally competitive with other health care providers offering similar services. Each chapter contains professional profiles in diverse practice areas along with a glossary, reflective questions, and relevant websites.New to the Fourth Edition:Major updates on all recent changes in health care practice and the ACA and the role of the health care social worker, including an increased emphasis on the role of social justiceUpdated information related to the NASW Code of Ethics, including use of technology and evaluationIncreased emphasis on Evidence-Based Practice throughoutUpdated with the different roles of social workers, including medical social work in the military, VA hospitals and clinics, and advocacy for those who are serving or have servedNew sections on behavioral health and integrative practice, telehealth, Institutional Review Boards (IRBs), social work practice in emergency departments, and home health, intimate partner/domestic violence, mandated reporting, and duty to protect/duty to warnMajor changes to health and mental health assessment, including updated DSM-5 and WHO assessmentsExamining ethical dilemmas, including vaccinations and new sections on pain and spiritualityCompletely rewritten content on prevention, health, and wellness coachingKey Features:Encompasses all aspects of professional health care social work in the U.S. health care system, across key settings and patient populationsHighlights the need for more organizational and leadership knowledgeProvides tools for adapting to all major changes in health care with updated roles and functionsIncludes a wealth of advice through professional profilesSupplementary material for instructors includes PowerPoints and an Instructor's Manual with sample syllabus, course-related CSWE accreditation suggestions, classroom activities, and a test bank for each chapter

Inhalt

Preface

Acknowledgments

Part I: Understanding the Practice of Health Care Social Work

Chapter 1: Health Care Practice in Turbulent Times

Chapter 2: The Evolution of Health Care Social Work

Chapter 3: Many Faces of Social Work Practice

Chapter 4: Standards, Values, and Ethics in Clinical Health Care Practice

Part II: Foundation Skills Necessary in Today’s Health Care Environment

Chapter 5: Concepts Essential to Clinical Practice

Chapter 6: Practice Strategy: Considerations and Methods for Health Care Social Workers

Chapter 7: Documentation and Record-Keeping in the Health Care Setting

Chapter 8: Health and Mental Health Assessment

Part III: Health Care Settings

Chapter 9: Acute and Ambulatory Health Care Settings

Chapter 10: Long Term and Restorative Care Settings: Skilled Care Facilities to Home Care

Chapter 11: Public Health & Community-Based Health Care Social Work

Part IV: Fields of Clinical Social Work Practice

Chapter 12: Case Management and Discharge Planning

Chapter 13: Cultural Sensitivity, Spirituality and Pain Management: Hospice and Palliative Care

Chapter 14: Prevention, Health, and Wellness Coaching, and Complementary and Alternative Medicine

Chapter 15: Conclusion Health Care Social Work: A Product of Political and Cultural Times

Appendix A: A Sample Living Will

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 15.9.2019
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Medizin / Pharmazie ► Gesundheitswesen
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Pädagogik ► Sozialpädagogik
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie
• ISBN-10: 0-8261-6983-X / 082616983X
• ISBN-13: 978-0-8261-6983-9 / 9780826169839