Download or read book International Perspectives on Social Work in Health Care written by Gail K. Auslander and published by Psychology Press. This book was released on 1997 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Academics and practitioners discuss what managed care, cost containment, corporatization, and pre-payment portend for the field of social work, in papers from a January 1995 conference. Papers are arranged in sections on health policy and social work, social work practice issues in health, developments in health social work research, and social work administration in changing health care organizations, with section introductions. Topics include HIV programs for adolescents, the role of research in health and mental health social work, and hospital social work and community care. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR