Social work practice for promoting health and wellbeing : critical issues / edited by Liz Beddoe and Jane Maidment.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Part 1. Current Themes and Critical Issues in Health and Well-Being -- Part 2. Diverse Communities: Culture, Identity, Spirituality and Health -- Part 3. Messages from Research -- --

1. Social Work Practice for Promoting Health and Wellbeing / Jane Maidment -- -- Part 1. Current Themes and Critical Issues in Health and Well-Being -- 2. Exploring Interpretations of Health and Wellbeing for Social Work / Jane Maidment -- 3. Globalisation, Social Work and Health / Paul Bywaters -- 4. Facing the Challenges Together - a Future Vision for Health Social Work / Linda Haultain -- 5. Risk and Vulnerability Discourses in Contemporary Health Care / Liz Beddoe -- 6. Stress, Resilience and Responding to Civil Defence Emergencies and Natural Disasters- an Ecological Approach / Carole Adamson -- 7. Stigma in Health and Social Work-Towards a New Paradigm / Viviene Cree -- 8. The Natural Environment and Well-Being / Uschi Bay -- -- Part 2. Diverse Communities: Culture, Identity, Spirituality and Health -- 9. Indigenous Australian Social-Health Theory-Decolonisation, Healing-Reclaiming Wellbeing / Lorraine Muller -- 10. Whai Ora - Maori Health / Jim Anglem -- 11. Pacific Health / Yvonne Crichton-Hill, Tanya McCall and Genevieve Togiaso -- 12. Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender, Transsexual People and Discourses of Health and Wellbeing / Joy Phillips -- 13. Disability-Inclusive Social Work Practice / Karen Soldatic -- -- Part 3. Messages from Research -- 14. Collaborative Practice and Family Meetings in Children's Health / Carole Adamson -- 15. Improving Public Spaces for Young People- The Contribution of Participatory Research / Phil Crane -- 16. Ageing in Resiliency- Learning from the Experiences and Perceptions of Migrant Older Adults / Jae Park -- 17. Refugee Resettlement- Considerations of Health and Wellbeing / Jay Marlowe -- 18. Mental Health, Social Work and Professionalism / Selma Macfarlane -- 19. Partnering in the Field of Chronic Care Service Provision / Christa Fouché -- 20. Crafting Social Connectedness- A Community Development Model / Jane Maidment, Uschi Bay and Michelle Courtenay -- 21. Pregnancy in an Age of Medical Technology- Decisions, Loss, and Research with a Vulnerable Population / Judith McCoyd.

"Drawing on international literature and research, the authors collected here encourage thinking about the social, political, cultural, emotional, spiritual, economic and spatial aspects of health and wellbeing, and how they impact on the unique strengths and challenges of working with particular populations and communities. "--Publisher's website.