The Practice of Clinical Social Work in Healthcare

ISBN-13: 9783031316494 / Angielski

Meredith Hemphill; Abigail Nathanson

Opis

This book examines the complexities of clinical social work practice in healthcare today. It identifies many of the psychological, social, emotional and spiritual aspects of physical illness in adults. The approach draws on theories from trauma, crisis intervention and supportive counseling, as well as empirical literature from other healthcare fields. Recognizing that social work roles in healthcare range from short-term or crisis-oriented interventions to ongoing, depth-oriented relationships, the authors develop clinical assessment and intervention useful for social workers in various healthcare settings. By utilizing a common frame of clinical analysis, social workers can deepen their critical thinking skills in examining the impacts of specific illnesses and injuries on coping and wellbeing. Each chapter includes an analysis of the psychosocial impacts of the given medical condition across the following spectrums: 

• illness or injury (by onset, course, outcome, and degree of incapacitation) 
• relationship between nature of illness, and emotional and psychosocial functioning
• common clinical issues, and impacts of historical and current trauma 
• end-of-life and bereavement
• social justice
• the authors’ reflections on practice 

The Practice of Clinical Social Work in Healthcare is an essential guide for MSW students and social work professionals in healthcare.

Spis treści

Chapter 1 - Autoimmune Diseases – Jessica Desai and Erica Sandoval  

Chapter 2 - Cancer and Oncology Social Work – Linda Mathew, Jacob Maier and Annamma Abraham Kaba 

Chapter 3 - Cancer: Leukemia and Lymphoma – Eunju Lee and Madeline Rogers 

Chapter 4 - Communicable Diseases – Adam Schoenfarber and Sheila Langan 

Chapter 5 - Dementia and Neurodegenerative Diseases – Kaila N. Robertson and Abigail Nathanson  

Chapter 6 - Diabetes – Diana M. Cory and Peter Chu 

Chapter 7 - Heart and Lung Failure – Abigail L. Latimer and Caitlin Mayton 

Chapter 8 - Heart Attack and Stroke – Andy Schlesinger

Chapter 9 - Liver and Kidney Diseases – Maya Joyandeh and Michelle Willoughby 

Chapter 10 - Organ Transplant – Marsha Clarke and Chelsea Brown 

Chapter 11 - Traumatic Injury and Traumatic Brain Injury – Richard Wenthen and Zoe Landers 

Chapter 12 - Communicating with Children About an Adult’s Illness – Nancy F. Cincotta and Rachel Rusch 

Chapter 13 - Trauma-Informed Approaches and Interventions in Serious Illness – Jennifer DiBiase and Abigail Nathanson 

Chapter 14 - Contemporary Issues in Healthcare – Meredith Hemphill and Alicia Tennenbaum

O autorze

Meredith Hemphill, LCSW-R, DSW (she/her/hers) works as a Clinical Director and Director of Community Relations at City Center Psychotherapy in New York City. She teaches within the social work programs at New York University and Columbia University, and is a graduate of the Zelda Foster certificate program in Palliative and End-of-Life Care. She received her master’s and doctoral degrees in social work from New York University, and bachelor’s degree at Brown University. She has acted as a Guest Editor for the Clinical Social Work Journal for a special issue on social work in healthcare. Dr. Hemphill has contributed research and writing on the topic of hope-centered work with cancer patients, counseling during the COVID-19 pandemic, and teaching grief and loss in social work education. She founded The Feather Foundation, a non-profit organization for parents who have cancer.

Abigail Nathanson, LCSW, DSW, APHSW-C, ACS (she/her/hers) is a palliative social worker and the founder of a trauma therapy practice specializing in illness, caregiving and loss. She is a part-time faculty member at New York University, where she teaches Grief, Loss and Bereavement, and a faculty member of the Zelda Foster Studies Program in Palliative and End-of-Life Care. She holds national board certification in palliative care, and has advanced training in Accelerated Experiential Dynamic Psychotherapy, EMDR and Meaning-Centered Psychotherapy. She worked in healthcare for 15 years, and has presented in grand rounds and division trainings in major academic medical centers across the country and published on topics relating to trauma, healthcare, bereavement and death anxiety. Dr. Nathanson received both her master’s and doctoral degrees in social work from New York University, and is the 2022 award recipient of the Social Work in Hospice and Palliative Network’s Professional Educator of the Year.