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1. Social work health team essay (case study)
Case study:Claire is a 60-year-old Caucasian female. She has been married to her husband
for 35 years and has two grown children. She has been admitted to the hospital for a double
mastectomy due to her recent breast cancer diagnosis. Claire and her family remain unclear
about her prognosis.Need a 4- to 6-page paper w/ in text
references.Introduction Summarize the patient population (age, gender, ethnicity or race,
medical condition or diagnosis) that the case study features.Describe the discipline of
medical social work that you chose.Explain the primary roles and responsibilities of a social
worker in the discipline that you chose.Devise an interdisciplinary team in the discipline
you chose for the patient in the assigned case study.Define the roles of other members of the
interdisciplinary health care team in that discipline.Explain how you might collaborate with
the members of the health care team.Explain the essential values that are common to the
members of an interdisciplinary team to patient care.Describe the challenges you might
encounter while working with an interdisciplinary health care team. Then, explain
strategies you would employ to address the challenges.Explain how the challenges you
identified might negatively affect the patient and the patient’s family in the assigned case
study. Finally, explain how you might work with the patient, the patient’s family, and other
stakeholders in providing optimal health care. Cite your response using external scholarly
resources.Provide examples of resources the social worker might use for patients in this
area.Conclusion