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Zusatztext Persons with cancers are confronted with a deluge of information and decisions about their illnesses and the impact on their lives. Oncology social workers play a crucial role in helping patients and caregivers navigate this sea of choices. The Handbook of Oncology Social Work encompasses the breadth and depth of expertise and compassion that oncology social workers bring to individuals and families living with cancers. Informationen zum Autor Grace Christ, PhD, MA, is Professor of Social Work at Columbia University.Carolyn Messner, PhD, MSW, is Director of Education, Cancer Care, Inc.Lynn Behar, PhD, MSW, is a Board Member of the Association of Oncology Social Work. Klappentext The development of this inaugural Handbook of Oncology Social Work: Psychosocial Care for People With Cancer provides a repository of the scope of oncology social workers' clinical practice, education, research, policy and program leadership in the psychosocial care of people with cancer and their families. It focuses on the unique synergy of social work perspectives, values, knowledge, and skills with the psychosocial needs of cancer patients, their families, and the health care systems in which they are treated. It addresses both the science and art of psychosocial care and identifies the increasing specialization of oncology social work related to its unique knowledge base, skills, role, and the progressive complexity of psychosocial challenges for patients with cancer.This Handbook equips the reader with all that we know today in oncology social work about patient and family centered care, distress screening, genetics, survivorship, care coordination, sociocultural and economic diversity, legal and ethical matters, clinical work with adults living with cancer, cancer across the lifespan, their caregivers and families, pediatrics, loss and grief, professional career development, leadership, and innovation. Our hope is that in reading this Handbook you will identify new areas where each of you can leave your mark as innovators and change agents in our evolving field of practice. Zusammenfassung This inaugural Handbook of Oncology Social Work: Psychosocial Care for People with Cancer, provides, for the first time, a repository of the breadth and scope, art and science, of oncology social workers' practice, education, research, policy and program leadership in the psychosocial care of people with cancer and their families. Inhaltsverzeichnis Section 1: Overview of Oncology Social Work Carolyn Messner 1. Cancer in Contemporary Society: Grounding in Oncology and Psychosocial Care Stewart B. Fleishman and Carolyn Messner 2. Oncology Social Work: Past, Present, and Future Susan Hedlund 3. Integrating Research and Evidence-Based Practice with Clinical Knowledge Julianne S. Oktay 4. Oncology and Health Care Disparities Anjanette Wells, Darrell Hudson, Lorena Estrada-Martinez, and Sarah Gehlert 5. Meeting Psychosocial Health Needs: An Institute of Medicine Report Comes to Life Kim Day Section 2: Cancer across a Continuum of Care: Clinical Practice, Opportunities, and Challenges Brad Zebrack 6. Oncology Social Work Interventions throughout the Continuum of Cancer Care Brad Zebrack, Barbara L. Jones, and Kathryn M. Smolinski 7. Diagnosis and Initiation of Cancer Treatment Karen Kell Hartman 8. Sense Making in Living with Cancer as a Chronic Illness Paul G. Clark and Sage Bolte 9. Cancer Survivorship: Concepts, Interventions, and Research Penny Damaskos and Carly Parry 10. Transition to End-of-Life Care in Oncology Deborah Waldrop and Sherri Weisenfluh Section 3: Psychosocial Challenges of Site-Specific Cancers Carolyn Messner 11. The Biopsychosocial Implications of the Site of the Cancer Carolyn Messner, Caroline Kornhauser, and Rosalie Canosa 12. Living with a Rare Cancer Diagno...
