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Explore The In-hospital Evolution Of Social Work With Hiv/aids Patients!a History Of Aids Social Work In Hospitals: A Daring Response To An Epidemic Presents First-hand Historical Perspectives From Frontline Hospital Social Workers Who Cared For Hiv/aids Patients During The Epidemic's Beginning In The Early 1980s. Contributors Recount Personal And Clinical Experiences With Patients, Families, Significant Others, Bureaucracies, And Systems During A Time Of Fear, Challenge, And Extreme Caution. Their Experiences Illustrate The Transformation Of Social Work As The Development Of New P Cover; A History Of Aids Social Work In Hospitals: A Daring Response To An Epidemic; Copyright; Contents; About The Editors; Contributors; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Section I: Medical Overview; Chapter 1 An Adult Infectious Disease Doctor's Encounter With Hiv/aids; Chapter 2 A Pediatrician's Encounter With Hiv/aids; Section Ii: Uncharted Territory; Chapter 3 Responsse To The Aids Epidemic: Metropolitan New York; Chapter 4 The Emergence Of Social Workers In The Aids Epidemic: Swan-social Work Aids Network, San Francisco; The Emergence Of Swan; The Growth Of Swan The Politicalization Of Swanchapter 5 The South Carolina Experience; Organizational Genesis; Organizational Practice And Culture; Daily Life In An Early Aso; Organizational Challenges; The Past Is Present; Family Secrets; Conclusion; Chapter 6 Social Work In Hiv Care: A Labor Of Love In Philadelphia; Chapter 7 The New York State Response: Case Management For Persons Living With Hiv And Aids; Development Of Cobra Community Follow-up; Measuring Case Management Outcomes; The New Era Of Managed Care; The Future Of Case Management In New York State Chapter 8 The New York City Division Of Aids Servicesbackground; The Model; The Program; The Staff; The Clients; Housing; Change; Chapter 9 A Case Of Serendipity: A Brief History Of The Early Years Of The Annual National Conference On Social Work And Hiv/aids; Introduction; Can This Idea Work?; The Conference Becomes A Reality; Can This Conference Continue?; A Look At 1992 To The Present; Concluding Thoughts; Chapter 10 Motivating The System From Within; Section Iii: The Heyday; Chapter 11 From Medical Social Work To The Constant Object: The Long And Winding Road Chapter 12 You Cannot Make This Stuff Upchapter 13 Rethinking Group Process-or Do We?; Chapter 14 Hiv Support Groups In A Hospital Setting; Group Formation; Group Facilitation; Group Themes And Issues; Chapter 15 Group Intervention In The Early Days Of The Grid Epidemic: A Reflection Of One Social Worker's Personal Experience; Introduction; Common Emotional Reactions; Yesterday, Today, And Tomorrow; Chapter 16 The Missing Support: Group Interventions With Aids Patients; The Existing Groups; Program Expansion; Group Expansion; The Absence Of Need; Staff Supervision Chapter 17 Twenty Years Of The Epidemic: A Social Work Administrator's Personal Perspective1981 To 1985-the Crisis To Be, Still Unknown (3,500 Cases Worldwide By 1983); 1985 To 1995-a Decade Of Hope (10,000 Aids Cases In The United States In 1985); 1995 To The Present-living With Reality And Coping With New Challenges (500,000 Aids Cases In The United States In 1995); Chapter 18 Supervising Pediatric Hiv/aids Case Managers: Lessons Learned; Introduction; Background; The Supervisory Model; Conclusions Chapter 19 Social Work With Hospitalized Aids Patients: Observations From The Front Lines Of An Inner-city Hospital Barbara I. Willinger, Alan Rice, Editors. Description Based Upon Print Version Of Record. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. English