Medical social workers assume various distinct roles in their practice. These roles range from educator and advocate to counselor, liaison, and mediator. The generalist intervention model (GIM) informs medical social work practice, with these roles reaching across each stage of the model. Medical social workers view patients and their problems in context, combine practice skills…

Description The medical social work profession owes its roots to Dr. Richard Cabot and Nurse Garnet Pelton. In 1905, Garnet Pelton was hired by Dr. Cabot, a physician at Massachusetts General Hospital, to provide social services to his clinic patients (Massachusetts General Hospital, n.d.). Dr. Cabot recognized the importance of addressing a patient’s social needs…

Suicide, stigma associated with accessing services, and substance abuse are real issues for the military. Although military social workers lead the field in these issues, there is always more work to be done. The civilian world is watching as the military works toward assuring access to services that will help their personnel. In fact, many…

Week 10 Assignment   Preparing for Advanced Directives To Prepare: Go to one of the following websites and download the free forms for your specific state: •             https://www.aarp.org/caregiving/financial-legal/free-printable- advance-directives/   •             http://www.caringinfo.org/i4a/pages/index.cfm?pageid=3289   •             https://www.uslivingwillregistry.com/formslist.shtm   Fill out those forms for…

Discussion 1: Hospice Social Work Hospice is a concept of care that does not accelerate death or prolong life. It provides support and comfort to patients and caregivers in the face of a terminal illness that is no longer responding to standard medical treatment. Hospice services are delivered by a specialized team of healthcare professionals…

Briefly describe the agency’s intervention/treatment plan Briey discuss best practices about interventions identied in the literature Briefly discuss how agencies can incorporate those best practices into the current intervention/treatment plan Provide a brief summary of the similarities and differences between theintervention/treatment plan used at the agency and the suggested practices in the literature

Palliative care refers to specialized medical care that focuses on providing relief from physical symptoms and improving the quality of life of patients and caregivers. Palliative care can be provided to patients with any medical condition at any stage of illness to relieve symptoms. It can be a patient’s primary treatment (which is often the…

HIV/AIDS Stigma and Discrimination (Discussion) Over the past several decades, education, medical advances, and public health efforts have tempered the public image of HIV/AIDS. Despite these efforts, patients with HIV/AIDS continue to experience stigma and discrimination, which may negatively affect a patient’s mental health status. The stigma impedes patients from seeking HIV tests, particularly in…

Week 9 Assignment   Understanding Chronic Illness To Prepare: Interview an individual who has a chronic illness. With the individual’s permission, interview them about what it is like to live with a chronic illness, the most difficult parts of being chronically ill, how they manage their illness, what aspects—if any—frighten them, what kind of social support…

Throughout the MSW curriculum, you have learned how to conduct biopsychosocial assessments. In this Week’s Assignment, you apply what you learned to a medical context where you share assessment and intervention with an interdisciplinary team. As the medical social worker charged with a client’s care, you consider the nature and progression of their illness and…