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Hospice Social Work
Dona J Reese
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Description for Hospice Social Work
Paperback. Series: End of Life Care: A Series. Num Pages: 360 pages, 1 recorded music items. BIC Classification: JFSP31; JKSN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 158 x 16. Weight in Grams: 472. Series: End of Life Care: A Series. 360 pages, 1 recorded music items. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: JFSP31; JKSN. Dimension: 230 x 158 x 16. Weight: 472.
The first text to explore the history, characteristics, and challenges of hospice social work, this volume weaves leading research into an underlying framework for practice and care. A longtime practitioner, Dona J. Reese describes the hospice social work role in assessment and intervention with individuals, families, groups, organizations, and the community, while honestly confronting the personal and professional difficulties of such life-changing work. She introduces a well-tested model of psychosocial and spiritual variables that predict hospice client outcomes, and she advances a social work assessment tool to document their occurrence. Operating at the center of national leaders' coordinated efforts to ... Read more
The first text to explore the history, characteristics, and challenges of hospice social work, this volume weaves leading research into an underlying framework for practice and care. A longtime practitioner, Dona J. Reese describes the hospice social work role in assessment and intervention with individuals, families, groups, organizations, and the community, while honestly confronting the personal and professional difficulties of such life-changing work. She introduces a well-tested model of psychosocial and spiritual variables that predict hospice client outcomes, and she advances a social work assessment tool to document their occurrence. Operating at the center of national leaders' coordinated efforts to ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Columbia University Press
Number of pages
360
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Series
End of Life Care: A Series
Condition
New
Weight
494g
Number of Pages
360
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780231134354
SKU
V9780231134354
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About Dona J Reese
Dona J. Reese is an associate professor at the School of Social Work, Southern Illinois University. She is a former hospice social worker and former Social Worker Section Leader for the National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization, and she has worked with colleagues to advance the field through the National Hospice Social Work Survey and the Social Work Assessment Tool ... Read more
Reviews for Hospice Social Work
This new book significantly adds to the growing literature on social work and end-of-life care. Social work educators, clinicians, and researchers would be well served utilizing this comprehensive text. Dona J. Reese provides a historical perspective for new hospice social workers, but also offers substantial content for the seasoned team social worker. The chapter on self-care should be required reading ... Read more