Social Work and Disasters : A Handbook for Practice (Paperback)

List of case study authors; Introduction; Section 1 ? Theories for Practice in Disaster Social Work; Chapter 1 ? social work and the environment ? an historical overview; Chapter 2 ? Global Policy Contexts; Chapter 3 ? Conceptual Clarity; Chapter 4 ? Theories of Social Work and the Environment ? incorporating disasters; Section 2 ? Practice Theories; Chapter 5 ? Disaster social work practice; Chapter 6 ? community-based practice ? working at the meso-level; Chapter 7 ? trauma, grief and loss ? meso- and micro-levels of practice; Chapter 8 ? Social workers and disasters ? organisational contexts; Section 3 ? Vulnerability, Resilience and Intersectionality; Chapter 9 ? factors shaping vulnerability; Chapter 10 ? gender and disasters; Chapter 11 ? vulnerable populations; Section 4 ? Social Workers engaged in disaster practice; Chapter 12 ? Social work and self care; Chapter 13 ? Shaping social work disaster practice; Index