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Social Work in Health Settings: Practice in Context, 3rd Edition
By Toba Schwaber Kerson, Judith L.M. McCoyd, Associates
The most comprehensive book of its kind, Social Work in Health Settings presents a "practice in context" framework which is then applied in thirty-one casebook chapters, covering a great variety of health care settings from working with survivors of domestic violence through supporting people with...
January 2010 | 978-0-415-77846-6 | Paperback (Routledge)
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Evidence-based Interventions for Social Work in Health Care
By Marcia Egan
Social work practice in health care requires that practitioners be prepared to meet the interdisciplinary and managed care demands for best practices in efficacious, time-limited, and culturally competent interventions, with populations across the lifespan. This text is designed to meet that demand...
November 2009 | 978-0-7890-3560-8 | Paperback (Routledge)
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Depression in New Mothers: Causes, Consequences, and Treatment Alternatives, 2nd Edition
By Kathleen A. Kendall-Tackett
Depression is the number one cause of maternal death in developed countries and results in adverse health outcomes for both mother and child. It is vital, therefore, that health professionals are ready and able to help those women that suffer from perinatal and postpartum depression (PPD). This...
November 2009 | 978-0-415-77839-8 | Paperback (Routledge)
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Staff Support Groups in the Helping Professions: Principles, Practice and Pitfalls
Edited by Phil Hartley, David Kennard
Staff burnout and work-related stress in mental health professionals cost the National Health Service not only millions of pounds each year, but also impact upon the welfare of those being cared for. Staff Support Groups in the Helping Professions takes the lead from recent Department of Health...
April 2009 | 978-0-415-44774-4 | Paperback (Routledge)
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Behavioral Medicine: A Social Worker's Guide
By John S. Wodarski
Health care costs and the effective management of health care are of primary importance and concern to federal, state, and local governments. Consequently, it is necessary to develop innovative, successful, and integrated cost-effective treatments and procedures. Behavioral Medicine presents a new...
February 2009 | 978-0-7890-2916-4 | Paperback (Routledge)
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Researching Trust and Health
Edited by Julie Brownlie, Alexandra Greene, Alexandra Howson
There is currently a lively debate ongoing in society about the nature of trust and the conditions necessary to establish and sustain it. Given the role of trust in bridging uncertainty, it is perhaps not surprising that as our consciousness of risk has increased, the role and nature of trust in...
2008 | 978-0-415-95851-6 | Hardback (Routledge)
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Social Group Work with Cardiac Patients
By Maurice Scott Fisher
Develop a comprehensive understanding of cardiac disease process Cardiovascular problems are on the rise in America. Care providers need to understand the overall clinical and statistical significance these life-changing events have to patients and families alike. Social Group Work with Cardiac...
2007 | 978-0-7890-3101-3 | Paperback (Routledge)
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Accountability in Social Services: The Culture of the Paper Program
By Jill Florence Lackey
Accountability in Social Services examines how - and why - social and human services programs can function even though they are monitored by written communication instead of face-to-face interaction. Author Jill Florence Lackey draws on her experience as a consultant for more than 50 social...
2006 | 978-0-7890-2375-9 | Paperback (Routledge)
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The Social Work-Medicine Relationship: 100 Years at Mount Sinai
By Helen Rehr, Rosenberg Gary
An absorbing exploration of the growth of social work at the Mount Sinai Medical CenterThe Social Work-Medicine Relationship: 100 Years at Mount Sinai explores the lessons learned in the formation and management of social work departments in health care, through the perspective of the hospital...
2006 | 978-0-7890-3077-1 | Paperback (Routledge)