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Handbook of health social work /

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Provides social work students and practitioners with the skills they need to enable them to use evidence-based decisions in their practice.

Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Gehlert, Sarah, 1948-, Browne, Teri Arthur
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Hoboken, N.J. : Wiley, ©2006.
Subjects:
Medical social work > Handbooks, manuals, etc.
Social service.
Social Work
Handbook
Table of Contents:
  • Foreword / Jay Cayner
  • Introduction / Sarah Gehlert
  • pt. I. The foundations of social work in health care. 1. The conceptual underpinnings of social work in health care / Sarah Gehlert
  • 2. Social work roles and health-care settings / Teri Arthur Browne
  • 3. Ethics and social work in health care / Jared Sparks
  • 4. Public health and social work / Deborah R. Schild and Marjorie R. Sable
  • 5. Health policy and social work / Julie S. Darnell and Edward F. Lawlor
  • 6. Community and health / Christopher Masi
  • pt. II. Health social work practice: a spectrum of critical considerations. 7. Theories of health behavior / Sarah Gehlert
  • 8. Physical and mental health: interactions, assessment, and intervention / Malitta Engstrom
  • 9. Communication in health care / Sarah Gehlert
  • 10. Religion, spirituality, and health / Kevin Burke
  • 11. Family, health, and illness / John S. Rolland and Allison Werner-Lin
  • 12. Human sexuality and physical intimacy / Les Gallo-Silver
  • 13. Substance use problems in health social work practice / Colleen A. Mahoney, Malitta Engstrom, and Jeanne C. Marsh
  • pt. III. Health social work: selected areas of practice. 14. Social work with older adults in health-care settings / Sadhna Diwan and Shantha Balaswamy
  • 15. Social work practice and disability issues / Rebecca Brashler
  • 16. Nephrology social work / Teri Arthur Browne
  • 17. Oncology social work / Allison Werner-Lin and Nancee M. Biank
  • 18. Social work and chronic disease: diabetes, heart disease, and HIV/AIDS / Wendy Auslander and Stacey Freedenthal
  • 19. Social work and genetics / Deborah R. Schild, Susan Taylor-Brown and Luba Djurdjinovic
  • 20. End-of-life care / Yvette Colón
  • 21. Pain management and palliative care / Terry Atilio, Shirley Otis-Green, Susan Hedlund, and Iris Cohen Fineberg
  • 22. Alternative, complementary, and integrative medicine in a conventional setting / Penny Block
  • Afterword / Candyce S. Berger.