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"Should be widely consulted by social workers and human services personnel."

— Journal of Sociology and Social Welfare

MANAGED CARE IN
THE HUMAN SERVICES


Stephen P. Wernet, Saint Louis University, Editor

The unique contribution of this book is its exclusive focus on the current impact of managed care on social service organizations and delivery systems, public sector systems, and professional practice. It is one of the only books to address managed care from a social work perspective. And it is the first to address the impact of managed care on
services to children.

Focuses on managed care from a social work perspective
Only book to address children's services issues
Covers theory and first-hand field experience
Extensive use of case studies

Contents and contributors

1.
   An Introduction to Managed Care in Human Services, Stephen P. Wernet, Saint Louis University

PART ONE: Service System Design

2.
   Challenges and Opportunities for Public Child Welfare, Joan R. Rycraft, University of Texas at Arlington
3.
   Current Practices in Public Child Welfare, John Mordock, consultant in child welfare and children's mental health
4.
   System Reform in Public Mental Health: The Massachusetts Experience, Christopher Hudson, Salem State College
5.
   Redesigning a Community-Based System of Child and Family Services, Barbara Thomlison, University of Calgary, William Meade, and J. J. Pritchard

PART TWO: The Service Delivery System

6.
   Managed PsychCare, Kathleen E.Buescher, LCSW, President, Provident Counseling Center, and Stephen P. Wernet
7.
   A Partnership of Community Provider Organizations for Behavioral Health Care, Lloyd Sidwell, Family Resources Inc.
8.
   The Continuum of Care in Children's Behavioral Health Care, Robert Barker, South West Behavioral Health Care, Inc. and Stephen P. Wernet
9.
   Organizational Reform in a Community Mental Health Center, Stephen Christian Michaels, LCSW, and Gary Noll, Ph.D., DuPage County Public Health Department - Mental Health

PART THREE: The Changing Therapeutic Relationship

10.
   Relationships, Encounters, and the Corporate Culture in Managed Mental Health Care, Patrick Crotty, Loyola University Chicago


Epilogue
Index

1999, Paper, 240 Pages, ISBN 978-0-925065-30-8, Price $49.95
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