04 Jan Patients’ Perception About Religion and Spirituality
SOCW– SOCW 6204/8204: Medical Social Work I
Discussion 1: Patients’ Perception About Religion and Spirituality respond to 2 colleagues
Religion and spirituality are complex constructs that have the capacity to influence patients’ illnesses, courses of treatment, and experiences. Medical social workers may feel unsure of how to address patients’ religious beliefs. Despite knowledge about the benefits of medications and treatment in illness management, social workers may hear patient comments such as, “I don’t need medicine. God is going to heal me.” In situations of conflicting ideas, it is important for medical social workers to consider the standards and tenets that govern the profession. Medical social workers must listen, not judge, and promote a patient’s self-determination. In addition, they must accept that they may not be able to address a patient’s religious or spiritual needs and call upon colleagues such as pastors, priests, imams, and rabbis who are more qualified in these areas.
To prepare for this Discussion, review this week’s resources. Focus on the religious and spiritual standards set by the National Association of Social Workers. Then, consider your own religious and spiritual bias and worldviews. Think how these might influence your effectiveness as a medical social worker.
By Day 5 ( Note!!! PLEASE WRITE OUT EACH QUESTION BEFORE PROVIDING A RESPONSE
Respond by Day 5 to at least two different colleagues’ ATTACHED BELOW postings in one or more of the following ways:
1. Comment or elaborate on the impact of religion or spirituality on patients’ perceptions of health and health outcomes that your colleague selected.
2. Critique your colleague’s post. Expand on the potential impact of your colleague’s personal views about religion or spirituality on providing service to a patient.
3. Expand on your colleague’s posting by providing additional insights or contrasting perspectives based on readings and evidence.
Be sure to support your postings and responses with specific references to the resources and the current literature using appropriate APA format and style.
Be sure to support your responses with specific references to the resources. If you are using additional articles, be sure to provide full APA-formatted citations for your references both within the text and on the referencing section. PLEASE ALWAYS INCLUDE THE REQIRED TEXTBOOK as part of the references and if possible some of the REQUIRED READING if applicable. Please always start by referring to THE TEXTBOOK, below REQUIRED
Hospital Social Work (Paperback) 2006 Author:
Handbook of Health Social Work 3RD 19
Author: Gehlert, Sarah
ISBN-13: 978-1-119-42072-9
ISBN-10: 1-119-42072-5
Edition/Copyright: 3RD 19
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
Required Readings
Gehlert, S., & Browne, T. (Eds.). (2019). Religion, belief, spirituality in health care. In Handbook of health social work (3rd., pp. 280-296). Wiley. https://doi.org/10.1002/9781119420743
Hodge, D. R., & Limb, G. E. (2010). Conducting spiritual assessments with Native Americans: Enhancing cultural competency in social work practice courses. Journal of Social Work Education, 46(2), 265–284.
Office of Minority Health, U.S. Department of Health & Human Services. (n.d.). National standards for culturally and linguistically appropriate services (CLAS) in health and healthcare. Retrieved July 19, 2019, from https://thinkculturalhealth.hhs.gov/assets/pdfs/EnhancedNationalCLASStandards.pdf
Seipel, A., & Way, I. (2013). Culturally competent social work practice with Latino clients [Online]. The New Social Worker. Retrieved from http://www.socialworker.com/home/Feature_Articles/Ethics/Culturally_Competent_Social_Work_Practice_With_Latino_Clients/
Acevedo, V. (2008). Cultural competence in a group intervention designed for Latino patients living with HIV/AIDS. Health Social Work, 33(2), 111–120.
Diamond, D., Sytsma, S., Dreger, A., & Wilson, B. (2003). Case study: Culture clash involving intersex. The Hastings Center Report, 33(4), 12–14.
Working with children and adolescents: The case of Claudia. (2014). In Plummer, S.-B., Makris, S., & Brocksen S. M. (Eds.). Social work case studies: Concentration year (pp. 13–15, 99–101). Baltimore, MD: Laureate Publishing. [VitalSource e-reader]
Optional Resources
Buckey, J. W. (2012). Empirically based spirituality education: Implications for social work research and practice. Journal of Social Service Research, 38(2), 260–271.
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