Critical Hospital Social Work Practice

ISBN-13: 9781032336374 / Angielski / Miękka / 2022 / 160 str.

Daniel Burrows

Opis

Critical Hospital Social Work Practice sheds light on the fast-paced, high pressure role of the hospital social worker. At a time of public concern over the state of the NHS and the needs of a growing older population, the hospital social worker’s job is more important than ever.

Spis treści

Part I: Key issues in hospital social work. Preface. 1 Hospital Social Work in Context. 2 A Brief History of Hospital Social Work. 3 The Current State of Hospital Social Work. 4 Using Research in Social Work. Part II: An ethnographic account of hospital social work. Preface. 5 Social Work in the ‘Iron Cage’. 6 Is it still social work? 7 The Social Work ‘Cuckoo’ in the Hospital ‘Nest'. 8 Conclusions

O autorze

Daniel Burrows trained as a social worker at Cardiff University, where he and his future wife met. After seven years in practice, he moved over to teaching and completed his professional doctorate. He now lives in Cardiff with his wife and two sons and teaches on the MA Social Work at Cardiff University.