Title

Discharge planning and social work practice

Authors

Authors

D. C. Holliman; S. F. Dziegielewski;P. Datta

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Abbreviated Journal Title

Soc. Work Health Care

Keywords

discharge planning; medical social work; generalist practice; health; care social work; discharge planners; tasks for discharge planning; discharge planning roles and tasks; HEALTH-CARE; FUTURE; Social Work

Abstract

Current health care practice discharge planning has emerged as a major professional function in hospital settings. To examine the tasks involved in discharge planning and how frequently they are being performed, 124 Alabama hospitals were contacted with a 72% response rate. Of the 178 surveys returned by discharge planners the core tasks were identified and ranked in terms of performance frequency. The results revealed that the tasks performed typically resembled that of generalist social workers. When specialization occurred, it was related to the populations served and not the specialized tasks or methods utilized. From this data recommendations are made for linking advanced generalist social work practice to discharge planning activities.

Journal Title

Social Work in Health Care

Volume

32

Issue/Number

3

Publication Date

1-1-2001

Document Type

Article

Language

English

First Page

1

Last Page

19

WOS Identifier

WOS:000168596500001

ISSN

0098-1389

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