| Description |
1 online resource (333 pages) |
| Series |
Modern Applications of Social Work |
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Modern applications of social work.
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| Contents |
Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; Foreword; Preface; 1. Relevant Theoretical Frameworks; The General Systems Paradigm; The Ecological Perspective; A Social-Ecological Perspective in Public Health; Transactional Stress Models: Interactional Processes and Mediating Factors; Ecological Systems: Paradigms Synthesis in Social Work; The Biopsychosocial Model: A Transactional Systems Perspective; Family Systems Theory; Family Stress and Coping Theory: Integrative Models; The Future: Continued Theory Integration and Refinement; 2. Research on Health, Illness, and Family |
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Individual Health StatusFamilies and Illness Outcomes; Impact of Illness on Families; Family Coping Resources; 3. The Social Environment and Family-Focused Health Care; Social Policy, Families, and Health; Health Policy and Families; Structural Issues Affecting Families Access to Services; Organizational Effects on Family-Focused Care: Practice Implications; Family Support Programs and Mutual Aid Groups; Bioethical Decision Making and Families; Conclusion; 4. Evaluation of Family Interventions; Characteristics of Research on Family Interventions |
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Family Interventions to Promote Health and Prevent IllnessFamily Interventions in the Face of Illness or Disability; An Agenda for Future Evaluation Research; Conclusion; 5. Assessment Frameworks and Assessment Tools; Population-Based Assessment: The Public Health Model; Assessing Treatment Environments; Assessment of Family Functioning; General Assessment Frameworks; Assessment Frameworks for Use in Primary Care; Family Assessment in the Face of Illness; Assessment Tools; Implications for Practice; 6. Social Work Intervention with Families in Health Care; Values of Family Practice |
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Purpose and GoalsForms of Treatment in Family Practice; Generic Interventive Skills in Family Practice; The Social Work Process; 7. Family Therapy; Purpose and Goals; Assessment; Planning; Social Work Intervention; The Core Phase; Understanding the Medical Situation; Development of Skills; Competence in Roles; Modifying Patterns of Relationships; Utilization of Resources; Termination; 8. Crisis Intervention; The Nature of Crisis Intervention; Purpose and Goals of Crisis Intervention; Assessment; Intervention; 9. Discharge Planning, Placement, and Follow-up; Purposes and Goals |
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Discharge: An Essential ServiceScreening and Assessment; Intervention; Alternatives to Home Care; 10. Group Work with Families; Rationale for Use of Groups; Planning for the Formation of Groups; Assessment; Intervention; Facilitating Group Process; Termination; References; Index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Northen, Helen
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Whittaker, James K
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| ISBN |
9781351327558 |
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1351327550 |
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