Description:Make sure your practice skills are up-to-date with the changes brought on by managed care As a result of escalating costs, the focus of health care in the United States has shifted from inpatient, hospital-based care to outpatient care in the community. Social Work Practice in Community-Based Health Care is a comprehensive guide to the knowledge and skills needed to provide effective and efficient practice within a managed-care context thats focused on a diversified, aging consumer population and high-risk health conditions. 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. Social Work Practice in Community-Based Health Care presents practical information for social workers in the wake of the insertion of managed care as a third party to the relationship between physicians and their patients, and advances in medical care that are transforming previously acute and life-threatening illnesses to chronic conditions. The book offers a critical analysis of available research and model service delivery innovations, applying evidence-based practice to case studies in a style thats easily accessible to practitioners, administrators, supervisors, and social work students. The book also includes glossaries at the end of each chapter and appendices that analyze online resources and address cultural background assessment questions. Topics discussed in Social Work Practice in Community-Based Health Care include:the revolution in funding and deliveryevolving trends and healthcare needs of the consumer populationa conceptual framework for culturally competent practicethe nature of social work in ambulatory healtha brief history of healthcare social workemerging practice settingsthe use of new communication technologies in practicemethods for evaluating direct practiceethical considerationscurrent community-based programs for culturally diverse and at-risk populationsand much moreSocial Work Practice in Community-Based Health Care is an important resource for social work practitioners, academics, and students.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Social Work Practice in Community-Based Health Care. To get started finding Social Work Practice in Community-Based Health Care, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed. Our library is the biggest of these that have literally hundreds of thousands of different products represented.
Pages
273
Format
PDF, EPUB & Kindle Edition
Publisher
Routledge
Release
2014
ISBN
128383961X
Social Work Practice in Community-Based Health Care
Description: Make sure your practice skills are up-to-date with the changes brought on by managed care As a result of escalating costs, the focus of health care in the United States has shifted from inpatient, hospital-based care to outpatient care in the community. Social Work Practice in Community-Based Health Care is a comprehensive guide to the knowledge and skills needed to provide effective and efficient practice within a managed-care context thats focused on a diversified, aging consumer population and high-risk health conditions. 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. Social Work Practice in Community-Based Health Care presents practical information for social workers in the wake of the insertion of managed care as a third party to the relationship between physicians and their patients, and advances in medical care that are transforming previously acute and life-threatening illnesses to chronic conditions. The book offers a critical analysis of available research and model service delivery innovations, applying evidence-based practice to case studies in a style thats easily accessible to practitioners, administrators, supervisors, and social work students. The book also includes glossaries at the end of each chapter and appendices that analyze online resources and address cultural background assessment questions. Topics discussed in Social Work Practice in Community-Based Health Care include:the revolution in funding and deliveryevolving trends and healthcare needs of the consumer populationa conceptual framework for culturally competent practicethe nature of social work in ambulatory healtha brief history of healthcare social workemerging practice settingsthe use of new communication technologies in practicemethods for evaluating direct practiceethical considerationscurrent community-based programs for culturally diverse and at-risk populationsand much moreSocial Work Practice in Community-Based Health Care is an important resource for social work practitioners, academics, and students.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Social Work Practice in Community-Based Health Care. To get started finding Social Work Practice in Community-Based Health Care, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed. Our library is the biggest of these that have literally hundreds of thousands of different products represented.