SOCIAL WORK IN HEALTH CARE.

Catalog description

Notes: may be stacked with SOWK 529 . Pre-requisites: seniors and graduate students in the School of Social Work and related fields. Provides knowledge and understanding of direct social work practice in various health care settings. The effect of managed care and other current macro practice issues are explored along with the continuum of health care. Advances in biotechnology and bioethics perspectives are examined. The roles that diversity plays in social work health care practice are emphasized. Self-awareness as a medical social worker is explored.