Handbook of Health Social Work

by Gehlert, Sarah; Browne, Teri

• ISBN13: 9780470643655
• ISBN10: 047064365X
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2011-11-08
• Publisher: Wiley

Summary

Thoroughly revised and updated, this is the only comprehensive handbook of its kind covering the diverse field of health social work. Its evidence-based overview of contemporary social work practice in health care is written from a wellness perspective, covering the spectrum of health social work settings with contributions from a wide range of experts. Both a foundation for social work practice in health care and a guide for strategy, policy, and program development, this handbook provides social work students and practitioners with the skills they need to use evidence-based models in their practice.

Author Biography

SARAH GEHLERT, PhD, is E. Desmond Lee Professor of Racial and Ethnic Diversity at the Brown School of Social Work and the Department of Surgery (School of Medicine), Washington University in St. Louis. She is the Co-Director of the NIH-funded Transdisciplinary Center on Energetics and Cancer (TREC).

TERI BROWNE, PhD, is Assistant Professor and Centenary Faculty in Health Social Work Services Research in the College of Social Work at the University of South Carolina. Her research focuses on social work in health-care settings.

Table of Contents

Foreword	p. viii
Acknowledgments	p. x
List of Contributors	p. xi
Introduction	p. xiii
Foundations Of Social Work In Health Care	p. 1
Conceptual Underpinnings of Social Work in Health Care	p. 3
Social Work Roles and Health-Care Settings	p. 20
Ethics and Social Work in Health Care	p. 41
Public Health and Social Work	p. 64
Health Policy and Social Work	p. 100
Theories of Health Behavior	p. 125
Health Social Work Practice: A Spectrum Of Critical Considerations	p. 141
Community and Health	p. 143
Physical and Mental Health: Interactions, Assessment, and Interventions	p. 164
Social Work Practice and Disability Issues	p. 219
Communication in Health Care	p. 237
Religion, Spirituality, Health, and Social Work	p. 263
Developing a Shared Understanding: When Medical Patients Use Complementary and Alternative Approaches	p. 291
Families, Health, and Illness	p. 318
Human Sexual Health	p. 343
Health Social Work: Selected Areas Of Practice	p. 371
Social Work With Children and Adolescents With Medical Conditions	p. 373
Social Work With Older Adults in Health-Care Settings	p. 392
Substance Use Problems in Health Social Work Practice	p. 426
Nephrology Social Work	p. 468
Oncology Social Work	p. 498
Adherence and Mental Health Issues in Chronic Disease: Diabetes, Heart Disease, and HIV/AIDS	p. 526
Social Work and Genetics	p. 557
Pain Management and Palliative Care	p. 590
End-of-Life Care	p. 627
Afterword	p. 643
About the Editors	p. 649
Author Index	p. 651
Subject Index	p. 677
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