Spirituality and Social Work

ISBN-13: 9780230219243 / Angielski / Miękka / 2010 / 224 str.

Margaret Holloway

Opis

Written by two leading authors in the field, Social Work and Spiritualityprovides a critical engagement with the concept of spirituality and a much needed framework for the integration of spiritual care in mainstream practice. It isfundamental reading for all students of social work theory, ethics and practice.

Spis treści

Historical and Contemporary Contexts Meaning, Mystery and Social Work Spiritual Need Spirituality and the Quality of life Spiritual Care Spiritual Care in the multidisciplinary team Spirituality and Community Global and Multicultural Perspectives.

O autorze

MARGARET HOLLOWAY is Professor of Social Work and Director of the Centre for Spirituality Studies at the Department of Social Sciences, University of Hull, UK.She is credited with the first empirical work in the UK on social work in dying and bereavement and social work and spirituality. She is founder of the Interdisciplinary Spirituality Group at the University of Hull.

BERNARD MOSS is Professor of Social Work Education and Spirituality, and Director of theCentrefor Spirituality and Health at Staffordshire University, UK. He isa Senior Fellow and National Teaching Fellow of the Higher EducationAcademy, UK. His teaching interests include death, dying and bereavement; mediation studies, and spirituality, religious belief and social care.