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Tables of Contents for Social Work Practice in Health Care
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
Foreword
xi
Preface
xv
Acknowledgments
xix
Part I The Context of Social Work Practice in Health Care
The Health Care System as Context for Social Work Practice
3
13
Issues and Programmatic Responses
Policy Issues
Access and Equity
Costs
Quality
Summary
The Health Care Organization as Context for Social Work Practice
16
18
Proliferation and Reduction
The Organization and the Professions
Presures on the Organization
Patient Rights
Dilemmas Posed by Technology
Environmental Pollution
Demographic Factors
Standard-setting Bodies
Summary
Illness and the Sick Role as Context for Social Work Practice
34
23
Health, Disease, Illness, and Sickness
Becoming a Patient
Conflicting Explanatory Models of Illness: The Influence of Culture
Psychological and Social Factors in the Patient Role
Patienthood
Summary
The Professional Frame of Reference as Context for Practice
57
32
An Adaptational Model
Adaptedness
Stress
Coping
Social Work Processes in Health Care Practice
Phases
Expanding the Unit of Attention, Knowledge, and Values
Problem Definition, Goal-setting, and Task Allocation
Professional Relationships
Orientation of Interventions to Stress and Coping
Other Social Work Tasks and Roles
Summary
Part II Social Work Practice in Health Care
The Helping Process: Initial Phase
89
36
Preparation
Engagement
Exploration, Assessment, Planning, and Contracting
Summary
The Helping Process: Ongoing Phase
125
39
Client Motivation and the Social Work Role of Mobilizer
Client Problem-solving and the Social Work Roles of Teacher, Coach, and Mediator
Client Self-esteem and Management of Painful Emotions and the Social Work Roles of Enabler and Organizer
Client Self-directedness and the Social Work Role of Facilitator
Issues of Dependence and Independence
The Excessively Dependent Client
The Excessively Independent Client
Summary
The Helping Process: Ending Phase
164
34
Terminating the Helping Relationship
Evaluation of Service Outcomes
Discharge Planning
Hindrance
Concrete Aids
Fear of Prognosis
Finances
Home Supports
Housing
Long-term Institutional Care
Temporary Institutional Care
Death, Dying, and Bereavement
Summary
Collaborative Practice in Health Care: The Social Work Function
198
32
The Collaborative Process
Role Separation
Overestimation and Disappointment
Realistic Appraisal
Accommodation
Integration of Roles
Collaborative Practice: Conferring, Cooperating, and Consulting
Collaborative Practice: Teaming
The Social Worker's Functions
Teamwork
Team as Group
Team as Team
Team as Organization
Barriers to Teamwork
Summary
Innovation and Change in Health Care Organizations
230
27
Innovation and the Social Work Role of Innovator
Organizational Change and the Social Work Role of Advocate
The Change Process
Organizational Environments
Skills and Processes
Issues
Summary
Epilogue: Flourishing in an Uncertain Future
257
7
Opportunities for Clinical Services
Services to the Health Organization
Service to the Community
Politically Oriented Activity
Research Opportunities
Glossary of Medical Terms Used in the Text
264
5
References
269
16
Author Index
285
6
Subject Index
291