The book is about social work interventions in the different units of the hospital, from the history of social work in the hospital setting to the different units of the hospital, including emergency room, medical intensive care units, and discharge planning. The book is important because it is about the different interventions of the social worker with patients and families.
Hospital Social Work introduces the reader to the world of medicine and social work as seen through the eyes of actual social workers.
Advance online publication. doi:10.1177/0022167809334001 Lee, M.Y., Ng, S., Leung, P., & Chan, ... Rollnick, S., Miller, W. R., & Butler, C. (2008). Motivational interviewing in health care: Helping patients change behavior.
Annotation This handbook is a quick reference guide for coders in emergency department (ED) settings.
As the most comprehensive text of its kind, Social Work in Health Settings introduces social work students to a range of clients and provides an overview of many social work settings and services in the health arena.
This book will be useful to social work students and practitioners working in hospital settings and with older people in general.
The Handbook of Health Social Work provides a comprehensive and evidence-based overview of contemporary social work practice in health care.
One unique feature of this text is the emphasis on the potential for social work role development in each of the particular areas covered.
Each academic semester, a series of courses is offered to all staff on a range of topics. Courses such as “cognitive therapy techniques,” “principles of establishing groups in medical settings,” “use of psychotropic medications in the ...
The field of medical social work is an area of social work that many students find appealing, as it presents them with an opportunity to experience a wide range of situations, patients, and challenges within a concentrated time and location ...
This unique book examines the essential elements of community health practice, including logic modeling for planning and evaluation, interdisciplinary collaboration, and the use of technology and telemedicine in social work practice.