title: Hepatitis C: what every case manager should know.
abstract: Over the next decade, case managers can anticipate encountering increasing numbers of clients with hepatitis C. This article provides a sociopolitical and medical overview of hepatitis C, diagnosis, risk and transmission factors, co-infection of HIV and hepatitis C treatment issues. The article identifies and analyzes policy and practice implications for case managers in health care.
authors.affiliation: Yeshiva University, Wurzweiler School of Social Work, 2495 Amsterdam Ave., New York, NY 10033, USA. beckerma@ymail.yu.edu
authors.forename: Nancy L
authors.initials: NL
authors.lastname: Beckerman
authors.forename: Beth
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Grube-Farrell
mesh_terms: D019090:Case Management / Q000941:ethics; D015897:Comorbidity; D026690:Ethics, Clinical; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000150:complications; D006291:Health Policy; D006526:Hepatitis C / Q000150:complications / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D012947:Social Work / Q000941:ethics; D014481:United States / Q000453:epidemiology