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Handbook of Health Social Work 3rd Edition by Sarah Gehlert, ISBN-13: 978-1119420729

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Handbook of Health Social Work 3rd Edition by Sarah Gehlert, ISBN-13: 978-1119420729

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  • Publisher: ‎ Jossey-Bass; 3rd edition (August 20, 2019)
  • Language: ‎ English
  • 640 pages
  • ISBN-10: ‎ 1119420725
  • ISBN-13: ‎ 978-1119420729

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:

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

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

• Contains new chapters on topics such as international health, insurance and payment systems, and implementation of evidence-based practice

• Presents information on emerging topics such as health policy in an age of reform, and genomics and the social environment

• Reviews new trends in social work and health care including genetics, trans-disciplinary care, and international, national, and state changes in policy

Written for social work educators, administrators, students, and practitioners, the revised third edition of Handbook of Health Social Work offers in one volume the entire body of health social work knowledge.

Table of Contents:

Cover

Foreword

Acknowledgments

About the Editors

List of Contributors

About the Companion Website

Introduction

REFERENCES

PART I: The Foundations of Social Work in Health Care

1 The Conceptual Underpinnings of Social Work in Health Care

THE HISTORICAL FOUNDATION OF SOCIAL WORK IN HEALTH CARE

THE GROWTH OF HOSPITAL SOCIAL WORK DEPARTMENTS

THE PROFESSIONALIZATION OF THE FIELD

DEFINING MEDICAL SOCIAL WORK

SOCIAL WORK IN HEALTH CARE: BEYOND THE HOSPITAL

CHANGES IN TECHNIQUE AND APPROACH THROUGH TIME

REFERENCES

2 Social Work Roles and Healthcare Settings

SOCIAL WORK’S BIOPSYCHOSOCIAL APPROACH TO HEALTH CARE

THE SOCIAL WORKER’S ROLE ON HEALTH TEAMS

A SURVEY OF SOCIAL WORK PROFESSIONALS

COLLABORATING WITH OTHER PROFESSIONALS

TREATING THE WHOLE PERSON: SOCIAL WORK’S PRIMARY ROLE

REFERENCES

3 Ethics in Health Care

THEORIES OF ETHICS

BIOETHICS

CODES OF ETHICS

ETHICAL DILEMMAS IN HEALTH CARE: ILLUSTRATIVE CASE VIGNETTES

UNDERSTANDING SOCIAL WORK ETHICS

ETHICAL DECISION MAKING

CONCLUSION

REFERENCES

4 Global Health Social Work

HEALTH SOCIAL WORK IN SOUTH KOREA

HEALTH SOCIAL WORK IN ISRAEL

HEALTH SOCIAL WORK IN CHINA

REFERENCES

5 Public Health Social Work

PUBLIC HEALTH AND SOCIAL WORK

A CHANGING HEALTH LANDSCAPE

HEALTH SOCIAL WORK, SOCIAL JUSTICE, AND THE SOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH

CONCEPTUALIZING SOCIAL WORK’S HEALTH IMPACT

PUBLIC HEALTH, SOCIAL WORK, AND THEIR COMMON GROUND

PUBLIC HEALTH SOCIAL WORK: A BRIEF HISTORY OF THE 20TH CENTURY

PUBLIC HEALTH SOCIAL WORK IN THE 21ST CENTURY: RENEWED INTEREST

PUBLIC HEALTH SOCIAL WORK TODAY: PRACTICE

RESEARCH ON PUBLIC HEALTH SOCIAL WORK PRACTICE

EDUCATION FOR PUBLIC HEALTH SOCIAL WORK

PUBLIC HEALTH SOCIAL WORK AND RESEARCH

THE FUTURE OF PUBLIC HEALTH SOCIAL WORK

REFERENCES

6 Health Policy and Social Work

A FRAMEWORK FOR UNDERSTANDING HEALTH POLICY

HEALTH SERVICES ORGANIZATIONS

KEY FEDERAL HEALTH PROGRAMS: MEDICARE, MEDICAID, AND SCHIP

KEY FEATURES OF THE AFFORDABLE CARE ACT

CONCLUSION

REFERENCES

7 Theories of Health Behavior

THE USE OF THEORY IN SOCIAL WORK PRACTICE AND RESEARCH

RATIONAL CHOICE–BASED THEORETICAL APPROACHES

SOCIAL NETWORK–BASED THEORETICAL APPROACHES

THE TRANSTHEORETICAL MODEL: STAGES OF CHANGE

SOCIAL COGNITIVE THEORY

DISCUSSION

CAVEATS

REFERENCES

PART II: Health Social Work Practice: A Spectrum of Critical Considerations

8 Community and Health

COMPOSITION OF U.S. NEIGHBORHOODS

DOES HEALTH DIFFER BY INCOME AND RACE OR ETHNICITY?

HOW ARE NEIGHBORHOOD EFFECTS IDENTIFIED?

MECHANISMS BY WHICH COMMUNITIES INFLUENCE HEALTH

COMMUNITY EFFECTS AND THE LIFE COURSE

IMPLICATIONS FOR SOCIAL WORK PRACTICE

REFERENCES

9 The Implementation of Integrated Behavioral Health Models

INTEGRATED BEHAVIORAL HEALTH CARE OVERVIEW

THE INTEGRATED BEHAVIORAL HEALTH WORKFORCE

IMPLEMENTING INTEGRATED CARE

DIRECTIONS FOR FUTURE RESEARCH

CONCLUSIONS

REFERENCES

10 Social Work Practice and Disability Issues

DEFINING DISABILITY

HISTORICAL CONTEXT

DISABILITY MODELS

INTEGRATING MODELS FOR SOCIAL WORK PRACTICE

CLINICAL PRACTICE ISSUES

CONCLUSION

REFERENCES

11 Translation of Evidence‐Based Practices in Health

WHAT IS EVIDENCE‐BASED PRACTICE?

INTERVENTION SCIENCE

IMPLEMENTATION SCIENCE

SUMMARY

ACKNOWLEDGMENT

REFERENCES

12 Communication in Health Care

THE STRUCTURE AND DYNAMICS OF THE CLINICAL ENCOUNTER IN HEALTH CARE

ILLNESS VERSUS DISEASE

BARRIERS TO PATIENT‐PROVIDER COMMUNICATION

METHODS FOR IMPROVING HEALTH COMMUNICATION

WORKING WITH PATIENTS WITH LIMITED OR NO ENGLISH‐LANGUAGE PROFICIENCY

CONCLUSION

REFERENCES

13 Religion, Belief, and Spirituality in Health Care

RELIGION, BELIEF, AND SECULARITY

THE IMPORTANCE OF TALKING ABOUT RELIGION IN HEALTH CARE

RELIGIOUS DIVERSITY: CHALLENGES AND KNOWLEDGE SOURCES

DEFINITIONAL INQUIRIES

RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY IN HEALTH CARE

THREE COMPONENTS OF HEALTH SOCIAL WORK

ASSESSING RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY

CONCLUSION

REFERENCES

14 Developing a Shared Understanding: When Medical Patients Use Complementary and Alternative Approaches and Seek Integrative Systems

ALTERNATIVE AND COMPLEMENTARY PRACTICES IN THE UNITED STATES

ALTERNATIVE USE AMONG ETHNIC MINORITIES

DEFINITION OF TERMS: DISTINCTIONS BETWEEN ALTERNATIVE, COMPLEMENTARY, AND INTEGRATIVE

REASONS FOR SEEKING ALTERNATIVE TREATMENTS

SYSTEMS AND PRACTICES

RESEARCH DILEMMA

PROBLEMS AND CONCERNS

INSURANCE COVERAGE ISSUES

CONCLUSION

REFERENCES

15 Families, Health, and Illness

THE SOCIAL CONTEXT OF ILLNESS AND DISABILITIES

CLINICAL AND RESEARCH IMPLICATIONS

FAMILY ASSESSMENT

HEALTH/ILLNESS BELIEF SYSTEM

CHALLENGES IN IMPLEMENTATION OF FAMILY‐BASED RESEARCH

CONCLUSION

APPENDIX 15.A: CONSTRUCTING A FAMILY GENOGRAM

REFERENCES

PART III: Health Social Work: Selected Areas of Practice

16 Social Work With Children and Adolescents With Medical Conditions

SOCIAL WORK INTERVENTIONS WITH CHILDREN AND FAMILIES IN HOSPITALS

CHILD MALTREATMENT SCREENING AND PREVENTION IN PEDIATRIC MEDICAL SETTINGS

EMERGING HEALTH ISSUES IN EARLY AND MIDDLE CHILDHOOD

EMERGING ISSUES IN ADOLESCENT HEALTH AND HEALTHCARE TRANSITION PLANNING

THREATS TO HEALTHCARE ACCESS AMONG CHILDREN AND FAMILIES

ADVOCACY OPPORTUNITIES TO REDUCE CHILD HEALTH DISPARITIES

REFERENCES

17 Social Work With Older Adults in Healthcare Settings

CHARACTERISTICS OF THE AGING POPULATION

COMPREHENSIVE GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT

ETHNOGERIATRIC ASSESSMENT

ASSESSMENT VERSUS SCREENING

SOCIAL WORK WITH OLDER ADULTS IN HEALTHCARE SETTINGS

ISSUES AND CHALLENGES TO SOCIAL WORK WITH OLDER INDIVIDUALS IN THE CURRENT HEALTHCARE ENVIRONMENT

REFERENCES

18 Nephrology Social Work

END‐STAGE RENAL DISEASE AS A PUBLIC HEALTH ISSUE

DEMOGRAPHICS OF RENAL PATIENTS

PSYCHOSOCIAL ASPECTS

RAMIFICATIONS OF PSYCHOSOCIAL ISSUES

SOCIAL WORK INTERVENTION

THE PROFESSIONALIZATION OF NEPHROLOGY SOCIAL WORKERS

THE COUNCIL OF NEPHROLOGY SOCIAL WORKERS

CONCLUSION

REFERENCES

19 Oncology Social Work

CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY

CANCER ETIOLOGY AND MORTALITY

CANCER PREVENTION AND EARLY DETECTION

CANCER TREATMENT

A BRIEF HISTORY OF PSYCHOSOCIAL ONCOLOGY

PSYCHOSOCIAL IMPACT OF CANCER

CANCER AND THE FAMILY

CANCER OVER THE LIFE COURSE

CANCER SURVIVORSHIP

THE GLOBAL CONTEXT OF ONCOLOGY SOCIAL WORK

SCOPE AND FUNCTIONS OF ONCOLOGY SOCIAL WORKERS

PSYCHOSOCIAL CANCER CARE BY ONCOLOGY SOCIAL WORKERS WORLDWIDE

CONCLUSION

REFERENCES

20 Chronic Disease and Social Work: Diabetes, Heart Disease, and HIV/AIDS

CURRENT TRENDS IN THE CARE OF PATIENTS WITH CHRONIC DISEASES

EPIDEMIOLOGY OF DIABETES, HEART DISEASE, AND HIV/AIDS

PATIENT SELF‐MANAGEMENT OF CHRONIC DISEASE

PATIENT‐PRACTITIONER COMMUNICATION IN CHRONIC DISEASE

THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN MENTAL HEALTH AND CHRONIC DISEASE

CONCLUSION

REFERENCES

21 Social Work and Genetics

SOCIAL WORK AND GENETICS: A HISTORY

IMPLICATIONS OF GENOMICS FOR SOCIAL WORK PRACTICE TODAY

INTRODUCTION TO GENETIC VARIATION

GENE‐ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION

HEALTH DISPARITIES GROW ALONGSIDE TRANSLATIONAL GENOMICS

GENETIC TECHNOLOGIES ACROSS THE LIFE CYCLE

A ROLE FOR SOCIAL WORK: REFERRALS, COUNSELING, AND TESTING

NEGOTIATING COMMON ETHICAL CHALLENGES

POLICY DEVELOPMENTS

CONCLUSION

REFERENCES

22 Pain Management and Palliative Care

PALLIATIVE CARE AND PAIN MANAGEMENT

A BRIEF CONTEXTUAL HISTORY

DEFINITIONS: PAIN, SUFFERING, AND TOTAL PAIN

PAIN: AN OVERVIEW

BIOPSYCHOSOCIAL‐SPIRITUAL ASSESSMENT

INTERVENTIONS

SOME ETHICAL CONCEPTS RELATED TO PAIN AND PALLIATIVE CARE

CONCLUSION

REFERENCES

23 End‐of‐Life Care

END‐OF‐LIFE CARE

CULTURAL CONSIDERATIONS

ADVANCE DIRECTIVES

PATIENTS’ RIGHTS AT THE END OF LIFE

COMPASSION FATIGUE, BURNOUT, AND THE ROLE OF SELF‐CARE

CONCLUSION

REFERENCES

Index

End User License Agreement

SARAH GEHLERT, PHD, is Dean and University of South Carolina Educational Foundation Distinguished Professor, College of Social Work, University of South Carolina. She also is the E. Desmond Lee Professor of Racial and Ethnic Diversity Emerita at the Brown School of Social Work, Washington University in St. Louis. Dr. Gehlert is the President of the American Academy of Social Work and Social Welfare.

TERI BROWNE, PHD, is Associate Professor and Associate Dean for Faculty and Research in the College of Social Work at the University of South Carolina. Dr. Browne is the Co-Director for Interprofessional Education for the Health Sciences at the University of South Carolina.

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