think about the medical social work profession  and consider a discipline (i.e., oncology social work, HIV/AIDS social  work, psychiatric social work) of interest to you. Consider the distinct  scope of practice within the discipline.

By Day 4

Posta brief description of a  specific discipline of medical social work that you find interesting.  Explain the scope of the medical social work practice within the  discipline. Explain how you might apply your professional roles within  the scope of practice to meet the needs of the patients in this  discipline. Explain how you might address the needs of the patients that  are beyond the scope of practice of your selected discipline.

Be sure to support your postings and responses with specific  references to the resources and the current literature using appropriate  APA format and style.
 

Beder, J. (2006). Hospital social work: The interface of medicine and caring. New York, NY: Routledge.
Chapter 12, “Social Work in the Emergency Room” (pp. 135–142)
 

Beder, J. (2006). Hospital social work: The interface of medicine and caring. New York, NY: Routledge.
Chapter 14, “Social Work on the Psychiatric Unit” (pp. 151–161)
 

Gehlert, S., & Browne, T. (Eds.). (2012). Handbook of health social work(2nd ed.). Hoboken, NJ: Wiley.
Chapter 4, “Public Health and Social Work”
Section: “Levels of Practice and Components of Prevention” (pp. 78–79)
Section: “Types of Public Health Social Work Interventions” (pp. 79–80)
Section: “Public Health Social Work Practice Today” (pp. 80–81)
Section: “Preparing To Be a Public Health Social Worker” (pp. 81–82)
 

Findley, P. A. (2013). Social work practice in the chronic care model: Chronic illness and disability care. Journal of Social Work[Published online before print]. doi:10.1177/1468017313475381