Handbook of health social work / edited by Sarah Gehlert and Teri Arthur Browne.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Gehlert, Sarah, 1948-

Browne, Teri Arthur.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Medical social work--Handbooks, manuals, etc.

Medical social work.

Genre:

Handbooks and manuals.

Physical Description:

xx, 747 pages : illustrations ; 27 cm

Place of Publication:

Hoboken, N.J. : Wiley, [2006]

Summary:

The Handbook of Health Social Work provides a comprehensive and evidence-based overview of contemporary social work practice in health care. Written from a wellness perspective, the chapters cover the spectrum of health social work settings with contributions from a wide range of experts. The resulting resource offers both a foundation for social work practice in health care and a guide for strategy, policy, and program development in proactive and actionable terms.

Three sections present the material: The Foundations of Social Work in Health Care provides information that is basic and central to the operations of social workers in health care, including conceptual underpinnings; the development of the profession; the wide array of roles performed by social workers in health care settings; ethical issues and decision-making in a variety of arenas; public health and social work; health policy and social work; and the understanding of community factors in health social work.

Health Social Work Practice: A Spectrum of Critical Considerations delves into critical practice issues such as theories of health behavior; assessment; effective communication with both clients and other members of health care teams; intersections between health and mental health; the effects of religion and spirituality on health care; family and health; sexuality in health care; and substance abuse.

Health Social Work: Selected Areas of Practice presents a range of examples of social work practice, including settings that involve older adults; nephrology; oncology; chronic diseases such as diabetes, heart disease, and HIV/AIDS; genetics; end of life care; pain management and palliative care; and alternative treatments and traditional healers.

The first book of its kind to unite the entire body of health social work knowledge, the Handbook of Health Social Work is a must-read for social work educators, administrators, students, and practitioners.

Contents:

Part I The Foundations of Social Work in Health Care 1

1 The Conceptual Underpinnings of Social Work in Health Care / Sarah Gehlert 3

2 Social Work Roles and Health-Care Settings / Teri Arthur Browne 23

3 Ethics and Social Work in Health Care / Jared Sparks 43

4 Public Health and Social Work / Deborah R. Schild, Marjorie R. Sable 70

5 Health Policy and Social Work / Julie S. Darnell, Edward F. Lawlor 123

6 Community and Health / Christopher Masi 153

Part II Health Social Work Practice: A Spectrum of Critical Considerations 177

7 Theories of Health Behavior / Sarah Gehlert 179

8 Physical and Mental Health: Interactions, Assessment, and Intervention / Malitta Engstrom 194

9 Communication in Health Care / Sarah Gehlert 252

10 Religion, Spirituality, and Health / Kevin Burke 282

11 Families, Health, and Illness / John S. Rolland, Allison Werner-Lin 305

12 Human Sexuality and Physical Intimacy / Les Gallo-Silver 335

13 Substance Use Problems in Health Social Work Practice / Colleen A. Mahoney, Malitta Engstrom, Jeanne C. Marsh 367

Part III Health Social Work: Selected Areas of Practice 415

14 Social Work with Older Adults in Health-Care Settings / Sadhna Diwan, Shantha Balaswamy 417

15 Social Work Practice and Disability Issues / Rebecca Brashler 448

16 Nephrology Social Work / Teri Arthur Browne 471

17 Oncology Social Work / Allison Werner-Lin, Nancee M. Biank 507

18 Social Work and Chronic Disease: Diabetes, Heart Disease, and HIV/AIDS / Wendy Auslander, Stacey Freedenthal 532

19 Social Work and Genetics / Deborah R. Schild, Susan Taylor-Brown, Luba Djurdjinovic 568

20 End-of-Life Care / Yvette Colon 615

21 Pain Management and Palliative Care / Terry Altilio, Shirley Otis-Green, Susan Hedlund, Iris Cohen Fineberg 635

22 Alternative, Complementary, and Integrative Medicine in a Conventional Setting / Penny Block 673.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

ISBN:

0471714313

OCLC:

60323261

Publisher Number:

9780471714316