Discharge planning and social work practice

    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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