THE DEVELOPMENT OF A MODEL OF SOCIAL WORK INTERVENTION IN MASS CASUALTY SITUATIONS.
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Title
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THE DEVELOPMENT OF A MODEL OF SOCIAL WORK INTERVENTION IN MASS CASUALTY SITUATIONS.
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Identifier
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AAI8614651
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identifier
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8614651
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Creator
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ARRINDELL, EVAN ROBERT.
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Contributor
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Simon Slavin
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Date
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1986
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Language
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English
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Publisher
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City University of New York.
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Subject
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Social Work
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Abstract
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The physical and social upheaval caused by disaster has been widely discussed in the medical and social science literature. Many victims of disaster experience great emotional stress and disruption of their social systems. The dissertation describes a project designed to provide crisis intervention services offered by social workers as members of a emergency medical response team. The project was developed as part of the National Disaster Medical System (NDMS) which is a program of the federal government. The NDMS program is based on the establishment of 150 emergency medical response teams capable of being moved to different areas of the nation in the event of a major disaster. As part of the planning for the establishment of the 150 teams, the Principal Working Group on Health, NDMS, asked the U.S. Public Health Service to develop a prototype team that would represent the model for the national program. The development and implementation of the project was incorporated within the design of the prototype unit.;The project report includes a review of the literature on disaster and the use of crisis intervention with victims, a description of the organizational setting in which the model was developed and implemented, and the finding of the evaluation of the project.;The major findings of the study were: (1) that there is a clear need for crisis intervention services and part of a medical response to disasters; (2) that the role of the social worker must be clearly defined and understood by the leadership of a emergency medical response team; and (3) that the social work function cannot be combined with other activities unrelated to the provision of crisis intervention services.;Therefore, the major recommendations for future consideration are that emergency medical response teams established by NDMS should include crisis intervention services for victims and their families and that these services be provided by trained social workers.
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Type
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dissertation
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Source
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PQT Legacy CUNY.xlsx
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degree
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D.S.W.
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Program
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Social Work
