Front Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright; CONTENTS; ABOUT THE EDITORS; Opening Remarks; Welcome; The Sixth Doris Siegel Memorial Conference Tribute; Social Work, the Family and the Community; PART 1: INTRODUCTION; The New York City Health System: A Paradigm Under Siege; PART 2: PRESENTATIONS; Community Based Care: The New Health Social Work Paradigm; Managed Care and Social Work: Constructing a Context and a Response; PART 3: ARTICLES; Impact of Social Work on Recidivism and Non-Medical Complaints in the Emergency Department; Negative Experiences in Support Groups; Appendix; Index
Summary
The contributing authors of this volume--respected authorities on health care and social work--describe the shift from hospital based care to ambulatory patient and family focused community based services. Social Work in Ambulatory Care assists readers who need to develop, plan, and implement new social work roles for a changing health care system. Chapters focus on the implications of health care reform, based on policy or economic mandates, and provide specific examples of how social service providers can approach health care in a new era. As the authors describe the shift in health
Notes
Papers presented at the Sixth Doris Siegel Memorial Colloquium, April 2, 1992
This text "has also been published as Social Work in Health Care, Volume 20, Number 1, 1994"--Title page verso
