Health Care Social Work

the long version

"Health Care Social Work: A Global Perspective examines the ways in which nations' health care systems are affected by one another - and provides readers with new information about the ways that health care social workers practice within this global context. The book allows readers to compare the histories, political and social influences, contemporary practices, theoretical foundations, and trends of health care social work within a diverse frame of reference. Readers are encouraged to use this new information to consider practice improvement from a broader perspective - and understand local health care social work practice as globally informed"--