Social Work, Health, and International Development: Compassion in Social Policy and Practice (Paperback)

PART I Introduction: Social Work and the Development of a More Compassionate World; Experiences and Knowledge to Share (Serge Dumont and Myreille St-Onge) SECTION 1: COMPASSION AND SOLIDARITY The Fourth International Conference on Social Work in Health and Mental Health Welcoming Remarks (Serge Dumont) Compassion and Solidarity (Fr. Florenzo María Rigoni) Ethical Preferences for the Clinical Practice of Empowerment Social Work (Karla Miley and Brenda DuBois) SECTION 2: HIV-AIDS Cultural Competence in HIV Prevention and Care: Different Histories, Shared Future (William Rowe) We Care Dont We? Social Workers, the Profession and HIV/AIDS (Nigel Hall) An Investigation of the Practice of Unsafe Sex Yet Repeated HIV Testing (Naama Patinkin, Ben Werner, Israel Yust, Yaron Yagil, Margalit Drory, and Michael Burke) SECTION 3: AGING Promoting the Psychosocial Health of the Elderly—The Role of Social Workers (Alice Ming-lin Chong) Promoting Older Peoples Voices—The Contribution of Social Work to Inter-Disciplinary Research (Jackie Powell) PART II SECTION 4: PRACTICE Do Culturally Sensitive Services for Chinese In-Patients Make a Difference? (Joseph Ng, Svetlana Popova, Myra Yau, and Joanne Sulman) Does Difference Matter? Diversity and Human Rights in a Hospital Workplace (Joanne Sulman, Marylin Kanee, Paulette Stewart, and Diane Savage) Best Practice Case Management for Improved Medical Adherence (Betsy Vourlekis and Kathleen Ell) Improvement of Return Rates in a Neonatal Hearing Screening Program: The Contribution of Social Work (Maria de Fátima de Campos Françozo, Juliana Cristina Fernandes, Maria Cecília Marconi Pinheiro Lima, and Tereza Ribeiro de Freitas Rossi) Physicians Ability to Influence the Life-Style Behaviors of Diabetic Patients: Implications for Social Work (Revital Gross, Hava Tabenkin, Anthony Heymann, Miriam Greenstein, Ronit Matzliach, Avi Porath, and Basil (Boaz) Porter) Perceptions of Online Support for Hospitalized Children and Adolescents (David B. Nicholas, Jane Darch, Ted McNeill, Leanne Brister, Kimberly OLeary, Deborah Berlin, and Donna Koller) Clinical Practice Standards and Ethical Issues Applied to a Virtual Group Intervention for Spousal Caregivers of People with Alzheimers (Julie Dergal Serafini, Thecla Damianakis, and Elsa Marziali) An Evaluation of Dyadic Peer Support for Caregiving Parents of Children with Chronic Lung Disease Requiring Technology Assistance (David B. Nicholas and Krista Keilty) Knowledge and Social Work in Health Care—The Case of Finland (Johanna Björkenheim) Index Reference Notes Included