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29 Cards in this Set
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What is the goal of social work?
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The goal of social work is to provide social functioning for people and groups of all ages. This includes fulfilling the social, financial, health, and recreational needs of people or the community
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Name 3 uses of biomedical technology that will have an effect on the future of the American family and the field of social work?
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1. Artificial Insemination
2. Genetic Screening 3. Stem Cells |
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Three types of artificial insemination
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1. AIH - Freezing the sperm of the husband. Husband can have low sperm count, might deposit for later withdrawal to get vasectomy or working at high risk job
2. AID - sperm comes from a donor. Husband might have genetic disease or be sterile. Single woman also use donors 3. Husband uses artificial insemination to impregnate a surrogate mother. Mother is infertile. |
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Genetic Screening
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Used on pregnant mothers to screen possible defective genes that lead to genetic disorders. Depending on the severity of risk of a genetic disorder, it might be recommended to abort baby.
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Stem Cells
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Taking inner cell mass of a four day old fertilized egg. Stem cells could possible treat or cure many diseases. These cells can be manipulated to be whatever type of cell needed
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What are the main differences between the Residual and the Institutional view of social work and how does this affect the client?
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Residual - A gap filling or first-aid role. Social services should not be given unless needs are not met by other social institutions (ei family or market economy). Temporary, short term basis and a last resort. "Gift" not a right. Causes are rooted in individual's faults and social services carry a stigma
Institutional - No stigma attached to receiving social services and recipients have a right to services. Individual's difficulties are due to social situations beyond one's control |
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What are the 5 goals of social work as defined by the NASW and stated by Zastrow?
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1. Enhance the Problem-Solving, Coping, and Developmental Capacities of People
2. Link People with Systems That Provide Them with Resources, Services, and Opportunities 3. Promote the Effectiveness and Human Operation of Systems That Provide People with Resources and Services 4. Develop and Improve Social Policy 5. Promote Human and Community Well-Being |
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Describe the 3 levels at which social workers practice.
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1. Micropractice
2. Mezzopractice 3. Macropractice |
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Micropractice
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working with individuals on a one-to-one basis
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Mezzopractice
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working with families and other small groups
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Macropractice
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working with organizations and communities or seeking changes in statutes and social policies
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Medical Model
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Clients are viewed as patients and the problem lies within. This model aims to diagnose and treat the presenting problem. Labels are used to identify those with emotional or behavioral problems
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Systems Model
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Driven by the systems perspective, that emphasizes assesing the complexities and interrelationships that contribute to the client's presenting problem. Look at whole system, not just parts
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Name and explain 3 roles of social workers
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1. Broker
2. Empower 3. Researcher |
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Broker
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links individuals and groups to appropriate community services to address needs
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Emporer
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seek to help clients develop the capacity to understand their environment, make choices, take responsibility, and influence life situations through organization and advocacy
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Researcher
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researching by studying literature on topics of interest, evaluating the outcomes of one's practice, assessing the pros and cons of programs, and studying community needs
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List the 8 skills used by social work practitioners
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1. Engaging Clients in an Appropriate Working Relationship
2. Identifying Issues, Problems, Needs, Resources, and Assets 3. Collecting and Assessing Information 4. Planning for Service Delivery 5. Using Communication Skills, Supervision, and Consultation 6. Identifying, Analyzing, and Implementing Empirically Based Interventions Designed to Achieve Client Goals 7, Applying Empirical Knowledge and Technological Advances 8. Evaluating Program Outcomes and Practice Effectiveness |
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Social work practice with organizations
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Social workers work with an agency with certain goals. Many organizations have to work within bureaucracies. Bureaucracies are depersonalized task specific, top centered hierarchies with clearly defined rules. Social workers and bureaucracies tend to have conflict since social workers tend to place high value on creativity and change.
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Social work practice with communities
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Social work practice includes evaluating, planning, and coordinating efforts to provide community health, welfare, and recreational needs. Social work also includes organizing and encouraging citizen organization
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In your opinion, what are the 3 biggest problems in healthcare and why
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1. Emphasis on Treatment Rather Than on Prevention - most major deaths by chronic disease which could be preventable; holisitic medicine; lower smoking, alchoholism, and unhealthy diets
2. Unequal Access to Healthcare - related to socioeconomic status and race 3. Service Orientation versus Profit Orientations - high costs |
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What are some of the roles and challenges of medical social work
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1. Helping terminally ill patients and their families cope
2. Helping single mother plan for the future 3. Helping someone who is suddenly struck I wth a permanent disability adjust and plan for the future 4. Counseling a rape victim 5. Finding services for individuals who need home medical services but no longer need to be hospitalized |
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Of the proposed and in-place programs in medical social work, which do you think is most effective and why?
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Preventative medicine and programs - cost saving in long run, education programs to educate about unhealthy lifestyles, HMOs - prepaid health care insurance that's focused on prevention to keep patients well since price is fixed
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What are the benefits and problems with managed mental health care, specifically HMO’s
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Manage Mental Health Care is beneficial when it appropriates control, structure, and accountability to enable the most efficient use of health resources to maximize health outcomes. It is a problem when it is more about managing cost than care. HMOs can limit visits, increase use of medication, and limit dollars per year for mental health care
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Describe 2 aspects of social structure that have an impact on mental illness
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1. Social Class
2. Sex |
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How social class impacts mental health
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poor more likely to be mentally ill. This could be because poor are less likely to received treatment, may be under more stress, or mental illness leads to poverty.
- This could also be because professionals are less likely to label rich as mentally ill because of the stigma or they have little knowledge of values systems of the poor and therefore misdiagnose them. - Drift hypothesis - people with mental illness are more likely to shift to lower classes because illness impairs skills to succeed in current class |
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How sex impacts mental health
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- men and woman are more likely to be treated
- woman more likely to suffer from anxiety, depression, and phobias and more likely to be hospitalized - men more likely to suffer from personality disorders |
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Medical Model of Mental Health
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- compares emotional and behavior problems to physical illness
- emotional problems are labeled and that to be caused by internal factors |
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Interactional Model of Mental Health
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- labels of mental illness negatively affect people who have been labeled
- no such thing as mental illness - 3 types: 1. Personal Disabilities - excessive anxiety, depression, etc. 2. Antisocial Acts - social deviance 3. Deterioration of Brain with Associated Personality Changes - Alzheimer's, Brain damage, etc. are considered diseases of brain and not the mind |
