Helping Holocaust survivors with the impact of illness and hospitalization: social work role.
Illness and hospitalization can trigger intense reactions for Holocaust survivors and their families which derive from the brutal and dehumanizing experiences they endured during World War II. Some characteristic problems and reactions to illness and hospital care they and their families experience are reviewed, as are indicated social work interventions based on crisis theory.
Zilberfein
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Department of Social Work Services, Mount Sinai Hospital, New York, NY 10029.
Eskin
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D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D000368:Aged; D003209:Concentration Camps; D003327:Coronary Disease / Q000523:psychology; D003419:Crisis Intervention; D003702:Delusions / Q000523:psychology; D005190:Family / Q000523:psychology; D005260:Female; D006760:Hospitalization; D006801:Humans; D007585:Jews / Q000523:psychology*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000523:psychology; D012307:Risk Factors; D012803:Sick Role; D012949:Social Work, Psychiatric; D013534:Survival