The Changing Face of Health Care Social Work: Professional Practice in Managed Behavioral Health Care, Second Edition (Springer Series on Social Work)

Univ. of Central Florida, Orlando. Discusses the new face of healthcare social work and offers clinical practice tips, social work in diverse healthcare settings, case management, hospice, and home healthcare. Focuses on behaviorally-based outcomes and objectives. For social workers.

Updated and revised, this text advocates a proactive stance for health care social workers. It will serve as a practical guide that addresses the principles of practice in our current health care environment.

With the advent of numerous health care changes such as managed health care with its focus on behaviorally-based outcomes and objectives, this volume illustrates the "new" face of health care social work. This comprehensive text is full of practice-oriented tips, professional "profiles" in such diverse arenas of practice as the emergency room, home care, case management, and hospice, questions for further study, and select Website resources per chapter. It will help prepare social workers for the practice change needed in order to become viable clinical practitioners.

Updated and revised, this text advocates a proactive stance for health care social workers. It will serve as a practical guide that addresses the principles of practice in our current health care environment. With the advent of numerous health care changes such as managed health care with its focus on behaviorally-based outcomes and objectives, this volume illustrates the "new" face of health care social work. This comprehensive text is full of practice-oriented tips, professional "profiles" in such diverse arenas of practice as the emergency room, home care, case management, and hospice, questions for further study, and select Website resources per chapter. It will help prepare social workers for the practice change needed in order to become viable clinical practitioners. Advocating a proactive stance for health care social workers, this guide addresses the principles of practice in health care environment. It contains practice-oriented tips, professional "profiles" in arenas of practice as the emergency room, home care, case management, and hospice, questions for further study, and Website resources per chapter. Full of practice-oriented tips, questions for further study, select online resources, and professional "profiles" in such diverse arenas as the emergency room, home care, case management, and hospice This book reviews the basic concepts related to the delivery of social work services in health care settings.