title: Social work practice in health care: looking to the future with a different lens.
abstract: Social work practice in health care must change to better meet the needs of individuals and their families as the system of care changes from an acute care focus to a community based focus and as individuals seek more active participation in their own care decisions. Practitioners and educators must renew their partnership to create a practice based on the needs of individuals to move most effectively through a more complex system of care and back home again. A paradigmatic shift can redefine social work in health care for the future. Renewed leadership with vision is required.
authors.affiliation: New York Academy of Medicine, NY 10029, USA.
authors.forename: P J
authors.initials: PJ
authors.lastname: Volland
mesh_terms: D003153:Community Health Services / Q000458:organization & administration*; D003695:Delivery of Health Care / Q000191:economics / Q000639:trends*; D018166:Health Care Reform / Q000639:trends; D049673:History, 20th Century; D007857:Leadership; D011364:Professional Practice / Q000639:trends*; D012922:Social Change; D012947:Social Work / Q000193:education / Q000266:history / Q000639:trends*; D014481:United States