Handbook of Health Social Work

Discover the essential resource for practitioners in the ever-evolving field of health social work with the updated third edition of the 'Handbook of Health Social Work'. This comprehensive guide offers an in-depth exploration of health social work, ideal for social workers, health care professionals, and students alike. Authored by a team of international experts, this book emphasizes evidence-based practice and theory-driven methods to enhance your understanding of the profession.

Packed with insightful content, this definitive text covers a spectrum of relevant topics, including theories of health behavior, effective communication strategies, and practice issues at the intersection of health and mental health. It provides essential information on working with diverse populations in health care settings such as older adults, oncology, nephrology, and chronic conditions like diabetes and heart disease.

This handbook uniquely integrates the wellness perspective into health social work, offering treatment models that are grounded in evidence-based research. Additionally, it includes valuable resources such as learning exercises, research suggestions, and life-course information, making it an indispensable tool for effective program development and policy guidance.

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Condition: BRAND NEW
ISBN: 9781119420729
Year: 2019
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Inc (US)
Pages: 640


Description:


The updated third edition of the definitive text on health social work


Thoroughly revised and updated, the third edition of Handbook of Health Social Work is an authoritative text that offers a comprehensive review of the diverse field of health social work. With contributions from a panel of international experts in the field, the book is theory driven and solidly grounded in evidence-based practice. The contributors explore both the foundation of social work practice and offer guidance on effective strategies, policies, and program development.


The text provides information that is essential to the operations of social workers in health care including the conceptual underpinnings and the development of the profession. The authors explore the practice issues such as theories of health behavior, assessment, communication and the intersections between health and mental health. The authors also examine a wide range of examples of social work practices including settings that involve older adults, nephrology, oncology, and chronic diseases such as diabetes, heart disease, HIV/AIDS, genetics, end of life care, pain management and palliative care, as well as alternative treatments, and traditional healers. This is the only handbook of its kind to unite the body of health social work and:


˘Â Â Â  Offers a wellness, rather than psychopathological perspective and contains treatment models that are evidence-based


˘Â Â Â  Includes learning exercises, further resources, research suggestions, and life-course information.


˘Â Â Â  Contains new chapters on topics such as international health, i