title: Social work role in developing and managing employee assistance programs in health care settings.
abstract: The hospital setting presents special needs for an Employee Assistance Program and special complications for sponsorship, development, and maintenance. What has been learned, how certain problems can be solved or avoided, how responsibility and accountability can be negotiated are presented by a team that has successfully established such a program at a large metropolitan medical center. In addition to successes, some unsolved problems are identified for further study.
authors.affiliation: Brooklyn Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, NY 11209.
authors.forename: Z
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Foster
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Hirsch
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Zaske
mesh_terms: D003219:Confidentiality; D006786:Hospitals, Urban; D006787:Hospitals, Veterans; D006801:Humans; D009786:Occupational Health Services / Q000458:organization & administration* / Q000592:standards; D010344:Patient Advocacy; D012017:Referral and Consultation; D012380:Role; D012948:Social Work Department, Hospital / Q000592:standards*; D019966:Substance-Related Disorders / Q000628:therapy