
Social Work and the Body
Red Globe Press
Published on 11. September 2007
Book
Paperback/Softback
280 pages
978-1-4039-4330-9 (ISBN)
Description
This book brings sociological and neuroscientific perspectives on the body together to inform a new understanding of person-in-environment. It offers important new ways of working with people in various social work and social care settings from child protection to aged care, mental health and work with drug and alcohol use.
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Edition
2007
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Target group
College/higher education
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Dimensions
Height: 216 mm
Width: 140 mm
Thickness: 14 mm
Weight
351 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-4039-4330-9 (9781403943309)
DOI
10.1007/978-1-137-04061-9
Schweitzer Classification
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Nadine Cameron | Fiona McDermott
Social Work and the Body
E-Book
09/2007
1st Edition
Bloomsbury Academic
€90.99
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Nadine Cameron | Fiona McDermott
Social Work and the Body
E-Book
09/2007
1st Edition
Bloomsbury Academic
€47.49
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Persons
NADINE CAMERON is completing her PhD on the relevance of neuroscience to social work interventions with depression sufferers. She is actively engaged in theatre and the arts, drawing on these sources to enrich her theoretical and practice knowledge within social work.
Dr FIONA McDERMOTT is Senior Lecturer at the School of Social Work, The University of Melbourne, Australia. Her teaching, research interests and ongoing practice are in the areas of groupwork and mental health where she has published widely.
Dr FIONA McDERMOTT is Senior Lecturer at the School of Social Work, The University of Melbourne, Australia. Her teaching, research interests and ongoing practice are in the areas of groupwork and mental health where she has published widely.
Content
Acknowledgements.- PART 1.- The Body in Social Work.- The View from Neuroscience.- The Social Body.- Social Work and the Body: Towards a Theoretical Framework.- The Body Cognizant Social Worker in Action.- PART 2.- Introduction.- Social Work, The Body and Mental Health.- Social Work, The Body and Child Protection.- Social Care, The Body and Aged Care.- Social Work, The Body and Health.- Social Work, The Body and Alcohol and Other Drugs.- Conclusion.- Glossary.- References.