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Social Work Interventions in End-Stage Organ Disease and Transplant Patients

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Social workers are essential members of the multidisciplinary solid organ transplant team. This chapter will cover the transplant social worker’s roles and interventions, including the psychosocial evaluation and treatment strategies to empower, educate, and support patients through the complex transplant process. These social work interventions aim to optimize outcomes for patients and their families and are used during all phases of the transplant process. In addition to the literature review, the chapter is organized around the social work model developed and practiced by the adult solid organ transplant social workers at Stanford Health Care.

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  1. Department of Social Work, University of Colorado Hospital, Aurora, CO, USA

    Caitlin J. West

  2. Department of Social Work and Case Management, Stanford Health Care, Stanford, CA, USA

    Kelsey Winnike

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    José R. Maldonado

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West, C.J., Winnike, K. (2019). Social Work Interventions in End-Stage Organ Disease and Transplant Patients. In: Sher, Y., Maldonado, J. (eds) Psychosocial Care of End-Stage Organ Disease and Transplant Patients. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-94914-7_44

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