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A 5 page research paper that summarizes and offers an overview of literature pertaining to hospital social work. Bibliography lists 10 sources.
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with the various problems and issues that arise in everyday life. However, some social workers specialize in serving "a particular population or working in a specific setting" (BLS, 2008). The
following review of literature focuses on the role of hospital social workers, which encompasses helping to plan for the needs of patients when they are discharged from hospital care, arranging
for home services, or working on "interdisciplinary teams that evaluate certain kinds of patients (BLS, 2008). The hospital environment and organizational culture is undoubtedly on the most stressful practice
settings for social work practice as this involves "high-volume and high-acuity caseloads, quick patient turnaround (leaving little time for intervention and planning)," as well as the factor that social work
is frequently devalued and challenged within the framework of the medical model (Badger, Royse and Craig, 2008, p. 63). As this statement suggests, traditionally, social work, as practiced within hospital
settings, has been shaped and influenced by the hierarchical and bureaucratic management structures of these institutions (Globerman, White and McDonald, 2002; Globerman and Bogo, 2002). Today, healthcare systems are
evolving, but literature on hospital social work practice indicates that the social work system, its "theories, ecological perspectives and values that emphasize negotiation, empowerment and respect for autonomy," is also
evolving to meet the needs of contemporary society (Globerman, White and McDonald, 2002, p. 274). For example, the Department of Social Work at Toronto General Hospital aided in restructuring that
facility by introducing cost-efficient initiatives for that institutions cardiac program (Kohm, Pollinger and Sheriff, 2000). A growing focus on market-driven cost-containment strategies over the last two decades has
caused many hospitals to restructure their organizations (Reisch and Gorin, 2001; Mizrahi and Berger, 2005). In 1994, the Society of Social Work Administrators in Health Care collaborated with the National
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