"Working within broken systems": Social workers bridge the fractures of U.S. healthcare: A qualitative inquiry on moral injury.

Healthcare social workers (HSWs) in the United States are integral to interdisciplinary teams and health services. HSWs have a unique role in healthcare, as they care for their patients' psychosocial needs, through case management and clinical services. There is a gap in understanding how HSWs are impacted by their healthcare work.

The Impact of Intergenerational Engagement on Social Work Students' Attitudes toward Aging: The Example of Clermont College.

As a response to our rapidly aging society, professional training programs in health care need to offer rich applied learning experiences with older adults and educate students about ageist attitudes. Health care professionals are likely to work with older adults in a variety of settings, yet ageist attitudes continue to be a barrier to workforce development. This study evaluated the effects of an intergenerational lifelong learning initiative as a way to decrease ageist attitudes in social work students.

Severe psychiatric problems in right hepatic lobe donors for living donor liver transplantation.

Background: The morbidity and mortality from donation of a right hepatic lobe for living donor liver transplantation (LDLT) is an important issue for this procedure. We report the prevalence of severe psychiatric postoperative complications from the Adult-to-Adult Living Donor Liver Transplantation Cohort study (A2ALL), which was established to define the risks and benefits of LDLT for donors and recipients.

Methods: Severe psychiatric complications were evaluated in all donors from the A2ALL study who were evaluated between 1998 and February 2003.