Can we Prepare Geriatric Social Workers to Collaborate in Primary Care Practices?

Abstract

This article reports the results of a qualitative study of the professional identities, roles, and relationships of a variety of geriatric case managers located in nine demonstration sites around the United States. Beginning with an overview of social work and nursing roles in health care settings, the authors provide background on the study and its methods, followed by results that highlight the voices of persons interviewed. They conclude with implications for social work education in five areas: articulating social work's great tradition, developing career opportunities, building alliances with students and educators in other professional schools, engaging in ongoing faculty development, and infusing the social work curriculum with geriatric content.

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Frank G. Williams

A version of this article was presented at the Council on Social Work Education's Annual Program Meeting, March 1997, Chicago.