Barbara Berkman

Biographic Data

ID1725057
NAMEBarbara Berkman
GIVEN NAMESBarbara
FAMILY NAMEBerkman
SIGNATUREBERKMAN B
AFFILIATIONSMassachusetts General Hospital
VERIFIEDNo
TOTAL WORKS12
TOTAL CITATIONS28
AUTHOR COUNT11
EDITOR COUNT1
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR1972
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2017
H-INDEX3

  • Drivers of change

    Open AccessAakanksha Sinha, Ruth G Mcroy et al.ARTICLEChildren and Youth Services Review2017Cited by: 3References: 30

  • Oxford Handbook of Social Work in Health and Aging

    Barbara Berkman, Daniel KaplanBOOKOxford Handbook of Social Work in…2015

  • Dementia care

    Open AccessDaniel B Kaplan, Barbara BerkmanARTICLEInternational Social Work2011Cited by: 6

    The implications of global aging for professionals in the fields of health and aging cannot be ignored, particularly for those who confront disorders of dementia. This article reviews the care needs of individuals with dementia and their family members, and examines the state of readiness of the social work profession for responding to the needs of these individuals. The authors assess professional social work roles and the size and scope of the …

  • Handbook of Social Work in Health and Aging

    Barbara Berkman, Sarah D'AmbruosoBOOKHandbook of social work in health…2006

    The fields of health care, aging, and social work are often treated as discrete entities, while all social workers deal with issues of health and aging on a daily basis, regardless of practice specialization. This is the first reference book to address this reality by compiling the most current thinking on these subjects in a single volume. With the population of older adults increasing as rapidly as new possibilities for their care, professional…

  • Social work in health care

    Open AccessBarbara Berkman, Evelyn Bonander et al.ARTICLESocial Science & Medicine1990Cited by: 3References: 55

  • Factors Related to Hospital Readmission of Elderly Cardiac Patients

    Barbara Berkman, Ruth D Abrams et al.ARTICLESocial Work1986Cited by: 2

    Elderly patients with cardiac disease are at high risk for physical deterioration during posthospital recovery and suffer frequent early readmission. This study found that mental status and posthospital stress were significantly related to early readmission

  • Clinical social work in health settings

    Open AccessBarbara BerkmanARTICLESocial Science & Medicine1986Cited by: 1

  • Parental influence on pregnant adolescents

    Alma T Young, Barbara Berkman et al.ARTICLESocial Work1975Cited by: 6

    Journal Article Parental influence on pregnant adolescents Get access Alma T. Young, MSW, Alma T. Young, MSW Instructor Community Medicine (Social Work), Mount Sinai School of Medicine of the City University of New York Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic PubMed Google Scholar Barbara Berkman, DSW, Barbara Berkman, DSW Assistant Professor Community Medicine (Social Work), Mount Sinai School of Medicine of the City University…

  • Social service casefinding in the hospital--its influence on the utilization of social services

    Helen Rehr, Barbara Berkman et al.ARTICLEAmerican Journal of Public Health1973Cited by: 2References: 1

    Social service casefinding in the hospital--its influence on the utilization of social services. H Rehr, and B G BerkmanCopyRight https://doi.org/10.2105/AJPH.63.10.857 Published Online: October 07, 2011

  • Early Social Service Case Finding for Hospitalized Patients

    Barbara Berkman, Barbara Gordon Berkman et al.ARTICLESocial Service Review1973Cited by: 1References: 2

    In the delivery of hospital social services, social workers are dependent on doctors for referrals of people who need their help. These referrals are primarily made late in the patient's hospitalization and almost exclu- sively involve need for posthospital planning. This experiment studied whether hospital social workers, when controlling their own early case finding, would select persons with different social needs from those re- ferred under t…

  • Social needs of the hospitalized elderly

    Barbara Berkman, Barbara Gordon Berkman et al.ARTICLESocial Work1972Cited by: 4

    This article presents a classification of social needs of hospitalized elderly patients receiving social services. The conceptual categories are derived from the language of social work and based on workers' observations during contacts with patients, their families, and hospital personnel

  • The "Sick-Role" Cycle and the Timing of Social Work Intervention

    Barbara Berkman, Barbara Gordon Berkman et al.ARTICLESocial Service Review1972References: 2

    Four questions are studied: (a) When are hospitalized persons primarily referred to hospital social workers? (b) Are there differences among referral sources in the timing of referral? (c) Are there differences in the types of social-need situations referred, depending on the timing of referral? (d) Do social workers think the timing of referral is appropriate? The findings are based on a census of 188 elderly inpatients referred to sixteen socia…