Social Work - Manpower
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Sunday, November 22, 2009

Virtual grand rounds: a new educational approach in social work that benefits long-term care providers and patients in rural Idaho.

7 Feb 2009 INTRODUCTION: Nationwide, rural USA is experiencing a shortage of social workers. In rural Idaho, three state-wide non-profit organizations worked together to develop Virtual Grand Rounds (VGRs), a new approach to delivering continuing education to ... Read more...

The ethics of care: social workers in an influenza pandemic.

30 Dec 2007 Many healthcare organizations and government agencies are making detailed preparations for the possibility of a pandemic of highly virulent influenza. All plans to date have recognized that there will undoubtedly be a greater need for medical ... Read more...

Evaluation research on social work interventions: a study on the impact of social worker staffing.

30 Dec 2007 This study examined the impact of social worker staffing on depression and health-related quality of life (QOL) of end-stage renal disease patients on hemodialysis. Social workers in most dialysis units work a 5-day week. Patients are usually ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Social Work - Manpower'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• Virtual grand rounds: a new educational approach in social work that benefits long-term care providers and patients in rural Idaho. 7 Feb 2009
• [6/12--The social service assistant] 30 Oct 2008
• Proactive approach increases social work staff. 29 Jun 2008
• The ethics of care: social workers in an influenza pandemic. 30 Dec 2007
• Evaluation research on social work interventions: a study on the impact of social worker staffing. 30 Dec 2007
• County government resources associated with dependent-adult abuse investigations in Iowa. 30 Dec 2007
• Measuring job satisfaction in the social services sector with the Rasch model. 30 Dec 2007
• Effective mental health response to catastrophic events: lessons learned from Hurricane Katrina. 30 Dec 2007
• Perspective analysis: McKnight's Careless Society and the strengths-based approach to social work. 29 Jun 2007
• An alternative solution to our shortage of nurses, physicians, pharmacists, and other health care providers? 29 Jun 2007
• Professional education and private practice: is there a disconnect? 30 Mar 2007
• Complexities in attracting and retaining direct support professionals. 30 Dec 2006
• Burnout, social support, and coping at work among social workers, psychologists, and nurses: the role of challenge/control appraisals. 30 Dec 2006
• The impact of research governance in the United Kingdom on research involving a national survey. 30 Dec 2006
• Workforce study misinterpreted. 30 Dec 2006
• Missed opportunity? 29 Nov 2006
• Workforce study falls short. 29 Sep 2006
• [Mission for the Rescue of Drifting Youth] 12 May 2006
• Characteristics and employment patterns of licensed social workers in the United States. 30 Mar 2006
• Strengthening aging content in the baccalaureate social work curricula: what students have to say. 30 Dec 2005

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Technical information about 'Social Work'

Definition: The use of community resources, individual case work, or group work to promote the adaptive capacities of individuals in relation to their social and economic environments. It includes social service agencies.

Descriptor UI: D012947

Alternative terms: Social Work; Work, Social; Social Service; Service, Social; Services, Social; Social Services; Social Workers; Social Worker; Worker, Social; Workers, Social;

Related Mesh Headings: Community Health Services; Relief Work;

Allowable Qualifiers: classification; economics; education; history; instrumentation; legislation & jurisprudence; manpower; methods; organization & administration; standards; trends; statistics & numerical data; ethics;

Tree Number: I01.880.792; N02.421.849;

Online Note: use SOCIAL WORK to search SOCIAL SERVICE 1966-77

History Note: 78; was SOCIAL SERVICE 1963-77

Technical Notes: SPEC: SPEC qualif