Managing stress in health social work roles today.
Stress on social workers in health settings is of increasing professional interest and concern. This article suggests individual and system sources of such stress and outlines pathways for nurture of the authentic and creative self in health careers. Replenishing measures include empowerment through teamwork, stress management techniques, consciousness raising to alter self defeating cognitions, and activities within and outside the setting to enrich definition and use of self.
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Boston University School of Social Work, MA 02215.
D003695:Delivery of Health Care; D006801:Humans; D012947:Social Work; D013315:Stress, Psychological