1st Edition

Social Work, Health and Equality

By Paul Bywaters, Eileen McLeod Copyright 2000
230 Pages
by Routledge

230 Pages
by Routledge

What impact can social work make on inequalities in health? Social Work, Health and Equality opens up a new direction in the practice and theory of social work. Focussing on the profound human suffering which arises from social inequalities in health, it: * shows how social work can make a significant contribution to creating more equal experiences of health and illness * describes the major... Read more
1.Inequalities in Health: a social work issue 2.Inequalities in Health: oppression in bodily form 3.Health Creation and Maintenance 4.Ill Health at Home 5.Ill Health and Hospitalisation 6.Facing Death 7.Developing a Political Presence

Biography

Paul Bywaters is Head of Social Work, Coventry University and Eileen McLeod is Senior Lecturer in the Department of Applied Social Studies, University of Warwick.