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T S Kerson

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PubMed1992

The Patient Self Determination Act: opportunity knocks again.

The recent Patient Self Determination Act (PSDA) gives patients the right to exercise greater control over the care they receive from health care facilities and programs during the final phases of their lives. Social work can make important contributions to health care facilities as they develop policies and programs for implementing the Act's provisions about advance directives and refusal and withdrawal of treatment.

Advance Directives↗
PubMed1985

Responsiveness to need: social work's impact on health care.

Many factors and events have influenced the practice of social work in the field of health, but how has social work shaped health care delivery in turn? This examination of social work's impact indicates that the profession has succeeded in demonstrating the importance of considering the individual and his or her life as a whole in the provision of services.

Delivery of Health Care↗
PubMed1979

Sixty years ago: hospital social work in 1918.

The year 1918 marked a juncture in the development of social work in health sare. During that year, the fledgling group of hospital social workers responded to needs created by World War I, the influenza pandemic, and epidemics of tuberculosis and venereal disease. At the same time, in order to meet these needs and to professionalize their services, they formed a professional organization, published two new journals, and expanded opportunities for professional education. Examination of these matters helps to explain the place and direction of hospital social work exactly 60 years ago.

Persons with Disabilities↗