01 Oct Medical Social Work in Chronic Illness Care and Management
Medical Social Work II
Medical Social Work in Chronic Illness Care and Management
Post by Day 4 a brief description of the illness you selected and the psychosocial effects of the illness on patients and families. Analyze the issues and concerns surrounding the care and management of the illness. Choose three medical social work practice skills, and explain how a medical social worker might implement them to improve the care and management of the illness. Explain challenges that might arise for families or caregivers caring for a patient with your chosen illness. Explain how you as a medical social worker might address the struggles or challenges experienced by families or caregivers.
Be sure to support your postings and responses with specific references to the resources and the current literature using appropriate APA format and style.
Read a selection of your colleagues’ postings.
Respond by Day 6 to at least two of your colleagues’ postings in one or more of the following ways:
• Suggest an additional insight about psychosocial aspects of illness and management that your colleague did not explain.
• Analyze your colleague’s post. Expand on the post by providing a different perspective on social work practice skills.
• Share an additional insight you gained from reading a colleague’s post about caregiver burden for his or her selected illness.
Return to this Discussion in a few days to read the responses to your initial posting. Note what you have learned and/or any insights you have gained as a result of your colleagues’ comments
