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Social Work in Ambulatory Care - New Implications for Health and Social Services (Hardcover)
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Social Work in Ambulatory Care - New Implications for Health and Social Services (Hardcover)
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The contributing authors of this volume--respected authorities on
health care and social work--describe the shift from hospital based
care to ambulatory patient and family focused community based
services. Social Work in Ambulatory Care assists readers who need
to develop, plan, and implement new social work roles for a
changing health care system. Chapters focus on the implications of
health care reform, based on policy or economic mandates, and
provide specific examples of how social service providers can
approach health care in a new era.As the authors describe the shift
in health care to ambulatory care and the role of social work in
this new environment, they cover areas of potential concern to
social service providers. Readers will be challenged to plan new
social work roles in the future--roles that help advance social
work s own definitions of health and wellness. Specific examples of
creative roles for social work are described and several of the
most important areas this guidebook analyzes are: the health care
system under siege support groups managed care emergency room
community based careFor social workers in health settings,
struggling with the questions of relevance, growth, and worth in a
changing environment, Social Work in Ambulatory Care provokes new
ideas about health care for the future.
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