(DOWNLOAD) "Medical Social Work in Singapore" by Geok Ling Lee & Soon Noi Goh ~ Book PDF Kindle ePub Free
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- Title: Medical Social Work in Singapore
- Author : Geok Ling Lee & Soon Noi Goh
- Release Date : January 17, 2020
- Genre: Mathematics,Books,Science & Nature,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 1531 KB
Description
Medical social work in Singapore traces its roots to the post-war period. This textbook documents the historical development and evolution of the medical social work profession in Singapore, as well as the specialist work done in the profession.The first part of the book gives an overview to the field in Singapore. It provides information which is considered as fundamental and core to medical social workers across the various medical or healthcare settings. The second part focuses on the selected practice areas and adopts an integral approach to discuss theory and practice.This book is essential for social work students who wish to learn from a range of examples of good social work practice, presented from human developmental perspectives and in sufficient breadth to provide a reasonable overview of social work practice in health care. This book also provides added lens for medical, nursing and other allied health students and practitioners who wish to better understand their patients and families.Contents: An Overview of Medical Social Work in Singapore:Development of Social Work in Health Care in Singapore (GOH Soon Noi)Social Work Functions and Roles in Health Care (FAN Loo Ching)Ethics and Medical Social Work Practice (LEE Geok Ling and Gilbert FAN)Selected Practice Area:Social Work in Paediatrics Care (NG Hwee Chin)Women's Health in Medical Settings (Phyllis WONG)Social Work and Chronic Heart Disease (LIM Simin and LEE Geok Ling)Renal Social Work (GOH Soo Cheng and Andy SIM)Geriatric Social Work (GOH Soon Noi and SENG Yuh Jen)Social Work in Palliative and Hospice Care (LEE Geok Ling and TAN Ching Yee)Social Work in Residential Settings (Bridget Monica DAS, TAN Pei Pei, NG Beng Wee, AISYA Binte Syed Mohamed Bahrin and Nadirah Aseelah CHEE)
Readership: Diploma, undergraduate and graduate students, researchers and practitioners in the field of social work, nursing, medical and other allied health professions.Medical Social Work;Singapore;Social Work;Historical Development;Social Work Roles and Functions;Social Work Ethics;Human Lifespan;Human Development;Social Work with Elderly Population;Social Work and Chronic Disease;Social Work with Women;Social Work with Children;Social Work in End-of-Life Care;Social Work in Residential Settings0Key Features:This is the first book that documents the historical development of Medical Social Work in Singapore, the specialist work done in the Social Work profession, as well as practice wisdom of practitionersIt is also a piece of literature that is contextualised and useful for learning purpose; an integral approach was adopted to discuss theories and practiceIn the past, students majoring in Social Work and reading module on Social Work in Medical Settings had been relying on journal articles and books that are not fully applicable to local context