Handbook of Health Social Work

by Sarah Gehlert (Univ. of Chicago, Chicago, IL); Teri Browne (Univ. of Chicago, Chicago, IL)

• ISBN13: 9780471714316
• ISBN10: 0471714313
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2006-03-01
• Publisher: Wiley

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.

Author Biography

TERI ARTHUR BROWNE, MSW, LSW, has been a nephrology social worker since 1995. She chairs the Council of Nephrology Social Workers, and coedits The Journal of Nephrology Social Work. She is a doctoral fellow at the School of Social Service Administration of The University of Chicago where she teaches in the health care concentration

Table of Contents

Foreword	ix
Jay Cayner
Acknowledgments	xi
Editor Biographies	xiii
Contributors	xv
Introduction	xvii
Sarah Gehlert
PART I THE FOUNDATIONS OF SOCIAL WORK IN HEALTH CARE	1	(176)
The Conceptual Underpinnings of Social Work in Health Care	3	(20)
Sarah Gehlert
Social Work Roles and Health-Care Settings	23	(20)
Teri Arthur Browne
Ethics and Social Work in Health Care	43	(27)
Jared Sparks
Public Health and Social Work	70	(53)
Deborah R. Schild
Marjorie R. Sable
Health Policy and Social Work	123	(30)
Julie S. Darnell
Edward F. Lawlor
Community and Health	153	(24)
Christopher Masi
PART II HEALTH SOCIAL WORK PRACTICE: A SPECTRUM OF CRITICAL CONSIDERATIONS	177	(238)
Theories of Health Behavior	179	(15)
Sarah Gehlert
Physical and Mental Health: Interactions, Assessment, and Intervention	194	(58)
Malitta Engstrom
Communication in Health Care	252	(30)
Sarah Gehlert
Religion, Spirituality, and Health	282	(23)
Kevin Burke
Families, Health, and Illness	305	(30)
John S. Rolland
Allison Werner-Lin
Human Sexuality and Physical Intimacy	335	(32)
Les Gallo-Silver
Substance Use Problems in Health Social Work Practice	367	(48)
Colleen A. Mahoney
Malitta Engstrom
Jeanne C. Marsh
PART III HEALTH SOCIAL WORK: SELECTED AREAS OF PRACTICE	415	(294)
Social Work with Older Adults in Health-Care Settings	417	(31)
Sadhna Diwan
Shantha Balaswamy
Social Work Practice and Disability Issues	448	(23)
Rebecca Brashler
Nephrology Social Work	471	(36)
Teri Arthur Browne
Oncology Social Work	507	(25)
Allison Werner-Lin
Nancee M. Biank
Social Work and Chronic Disease: Diabetes, Heart Disease, and HIV/AIDS	532	(36)
Wendy Auslander
Stacey Freedenthal
Social Work and Genetics	568	(47)
Deborah R. Schild
Susan Taylor-Brown
Luba Djurdjinovic
End-of-Life Care	615	(20)
Yvette Colon
Pain Management and Palliative Care	635	(38)
Terry Altilio
Shirley Otis-Green
Susan Hedlund
Irish Cohen Fineberg
Alternative, Complementary, and Integrative Medicine in a Conventional Setting	673	(36)
Penny Block
Afterword	709	(6)
Candyce S. Berger
Author Index	715	(18)
Subject Index	733