Boundary Spanning

Toba Schwaber Kerson is professor and director of the doctoral program at the Graduate School of Social Work and Social Research, Bryn Mawr College. Her most recent book is Social Work in Health Care Settings.

• Boundary Spanning: An Ecological Reinterpretation of Social Work Practice in Health and Mental Health Systems The Forces Shaping Social Work in Health and Mental Health Systems Legal and Ethical Issues For Social Work Practice In Health and Mental Health Systems The Place of the Social Worker in Health and Mental Health Systems The Power of the Relationship between the Social Worker and the Client System The Nature and Tools of Assessment Social Work Interventions: Planning, Developing Goals and Objectives, Contracting, Strategizing and Using Teamwork Social Work Practice Interventions: Advocacy, Brief Work, Case Management and the Use of Groups The Evaluation of Social Work Practice in Health and Mental Health Systems

Dr. Kerson does a splendid job of pulling together a prodigious amount of knowledge to make social workers who practice in health and mental health settings effective... This is a most needed book and a perfect text for beginning social workers as well as for seasoned professionals. Social Work in Health Care Drawing from business and organizational development, Kerson incorporates mapping devices meant to inform assessment, strategy, intervention, and evaluation activities. All of these facets are incorporated as foundations for a holistic ecological model of the activities of social work practitioners. Sci Tech Book News