The final chapter of this book discusses the past and future of social work in the health field. There are many changes occuring in the health care field. " Volland and colleagues identified three groups of social work skills especially needed in light of the trends in health care affecting social work in the field: 1) Basic Skills, 2) Population-specific skills, and 3) Autonomy-building skills" (Fort Cowles. 2003, p.354-355). Health care education at the graduate social work level should be offered in more schools of social work and be more extensive in terms of the number and range of courses offered. The education materials used should be more current and relevant to the reality of the health care system in which social workers will be employed. We need to develop effective supportive interventions to address the needs of the aged and others with chronic impairments, temporarily impaired, teminally ill, and those who need care to grow and develop. The essence of care or caring is to strengthen the ability of people to cope with the challenges they face, so they can have an improved quality of care.
Reference:
Fort Cowles, L.A.(2003). Social Work in the Health Field: A Care Perspective ( 2nd Ed.) Binghamton, Ny: The Haworth Press.
I completely agree that more current and relevant information should be shared with more social workers especially in the health care field. This type of work changes everyday and a lot of research is to be taken place. Your post is in depth and covers everything we learned in chapter 9.
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