Changing Face of Health Care Social Work: Opportunities and Challenges for Professional Practice

This practical guide provides social workers with the knowledge and skills they need to navigate the complex healthcare environment, while adapting to change. It covers all aspects of professional health care social work in the US healthcare system, across all key settings, and emphasizes the importance of developing best practices that are evidence-based, culturally-sensitive, supportive, and ethically accountable.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 428 pages
Publication date: 30 August 2019
Publisher: Springer Publishing Co Inc

This comprehensive guide equips social workers with the essential knowledge and skills required to navigate the intricate healthcare landscape, while also emphasizing the importance of adaptability in the face of constant change. Thoroughly revised and updated, the fourth edition offers a wealth of new information that reflects the rapidly evolving healthcare environment. Packed with practical advice, it encompasses all aspects of professional health care social work within the United States healthcare system, across various key settings. Throughout the book, a strong emphasis is placed on the development of best practices that are evidence-based, culturally sensitive, supportive, and ethically accountable. Moreover, the book serves as a rallying call for social workers, urging them to not only be therapeutically effective but also professionally competitive with other healthcare providers offering similar services.

Each chapter features professional profiles in diverse practice areas, accompanied by a glossary, reflective questions, and relevant websites. Notable additions to the fourth edition include:

Major updates on recent changes in healthcare practice, including an increased emphasis on the role of social justice

Updated information related to the NASW Code of Ethics, including the use of technology and evaluation

Enhanced emphasis on Evidence-Based Practice throughout

New 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 warn

These significant enhancements make the fourth edition an invaluable resource for social workers, educators, and students alike, as they strive to provide high-quality, compassionate care in the ever-changing healthcare landscape.

Weight: 744g
Dimension: 178 x 254 x 35 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9780826169822
Edition number: 4 Revised edition