Families and Health Care: Psychosocial Practice (Modern Applications of Social Work Series)

Focuses on methods for enhancing family participation in medical care and for reducing the adverse effects of illness on family functioning. Serves as an aid for practicing social workers, presenting methods of assessing the individual case and a framework for working with families during the planni Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Foreword -- Preface -- 1. Relevant Theoretical Frameworks -- The General Systems Paradigm -- The Ecological Perspective -- A Social-Ecological Perspective in Public Health -- Transactional Stress Models: Interactional Processes and Mediating Factors -- Ecological Systems: Paradigms Synthesis in Social Work -- The Biopsychosocial Model: A Transactional Systems Perspective -- Family Systems Theory -- Family Stress and Coping Theory: Integrative Models -- The Future: Continued Theory Integration and Refinement -- 2. Research on Health, Illness, and Family -- Individual Health Status -- Families and Illness Outcomes -- Impact of Illness on Families -- Family Coping Resources -- 3. The Social Environment and Family-Focused Health Care -- Social Policy, Families, and Health -- Health Policy and Families -- Structural Issues Affecting Families Access to Services -- Organizational Effects on Family-Focused Care: Practice Implications -- Family Support Programs and Mutual Aid Groups -- Bioethical Decision Making and Families -- Conclusion -- 4. Evaluation of Family Interventions -- Characteristics of Research on Family Interventions -- Family Interventions to Promote Health and Prevent Illness -- Family Interventions in the Face of Illness or Disability -- An Agenda for Future Evaluation Research -- Conclusion -- 5. Assessment Frameworks and Assessment Tools -- Population-Based Assessment: The Public Health Model -- Assessing Treatment Environments -- Assessment of Family Functioning -- General Assessment Frameworks -- Assessment Frameworks for Use in Primary Care -- Family Assessment in the Face of Illness -- Assessment Tools -- Implications for Practice -- 6. Social Work Intervention with Families in Health Care -- Values of Family Practice -- Purpose and Goals Forms of Treatment in Family Practice -- Generic Interventive Skills in Family Practice -- The Social Work Process -- 7. Family Therapy -- Purpose and Goals -- Assessment -- Planning -- Social Work Intervention -- The Core Phase -- Understanding the Medical Situation -- Development of Skills -- Competence in Roles -- Modifying Patterns of Relationships -- Utilization of Resources -- Termination -- 8. Crisis Intervention -- The Nature of Crisis Intervention -- Purpose and Goals of Crisis Intervention -- Assessment -- Intervention -- 9. Discharge Planning, Placement, and Follow-up -- Purposes and Goals -- Discharge: An Essential Service -- Screening and Assessment -- Intervention -- Alternatives to Home Care -- 10. Group Work with Families -- Rationale for Use of Groups -- Planning for the Formation of Groups -- Assessment -- Intervention -- Facilitating Group Process -- Termination -- References -- Index In times of illness, families can be the primary sources of emotional, informational, and tangible support. Families and Health Care focuses on methods for enhancing family participation in medical care and for reducing the adverse effects of illness on family functioning. It presents a coherent practice framework for formulating assessments, planning services for the patient and family, and for intervention and evaluation. This book offers an antidote to the "medicalization" of health care and observes the special needs of socioeconomically disadvantaged persons with respect to health. It is useful for practitioners in the fields of mental health, family and child welfare, gerontology, and industrial practice. Kathleen Ell And Helen Northen. Includes Bibliographical References (p. 243-308) And Index. First Published in 2018. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an Informa company.