title: Emerging roles of social work in perinatal services.
abstract: Perinatal social work is a recent field of practice with expanding opportunities and responsibilities for social workers in direct practice, research and education. This paper discusses the emergence of high technology in the perinatal field and the specialization of social work knowledge, skills and roles which are developing in tandem with bio-medical advances. The need to reconcile compelling needs for preventive social work practice with those of specialization are examined.
authors.affiliation: Social Work Services, Mount Sinai Medical Center, New York, NY 10128.
authors.forename: V N
authors.initials: VN
authors.lastname: Walther
mesh_terms: D003419:Crisis Intervention; D005260:Female; D005307:Fertilization in Vitro; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007247:Infertility, Female / Q000523:psychology; D011247:Pregnancy; D011272:Pregnancy, Multiple / Q000523:psychology; D012099:Reproductive Techniques / Q000523:psychology*; D012944:Social Support