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Record Nr.

UNINA9910305556503321

Titolo

Fundamentals of perinatal social work : a guide for clinical practice with women, infants, and families / / Regina Furlong Lind, Debra Honig Bachman, editors

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : Haworth Press, c1997

ISBN

0-203-04692-7

1-283-83979-2

1-136-37200-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (320 p.)

Collana

Social work in health care, , 0098-1389 ; ; v. 24, no. 3/4

Altri autori (Persone)

LindRegina Furlong

BachmanDebra Honig

Disciplina

362.10425

Soggetti

Maternal and infant welfare - United States

Medical social work - United States

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"Has also been published as Social work in health care, volume 24, numbers 3/4 1997."

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Halftitle; Title; Copyright; Contents; Introduction; Perinatal Social Work and the High Risk Obstetrics Patient; Perinatal Social Work and the Family of the Newbom Intensive Care Infant; Infertility and Assisted Reproductive Technology: The Role of the Perinatal Social Worker; Counseling Prenatal Diagnosis Patients: The Role of the Social Worker; The Role of the Social Worker in Perinatal Substance-Abuse; Perinatal Social Work with Childbearing Adolescents; Postpartum Depression: A Review for Perinatal Social Workers

Parenting a Technology Assisted Infant: Coping with Occupational StressThe Profile of HIV Infection in Women: A Challenge to the Profession; Social Policy Considerations in Perinatal Social Work; Perinatal Loss: Considerations in Social Work Practice; A Birth Father and Adoption in the Perinatal Setting; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Fundamentals of Perinatal Social Work: A Guide for Clinical Practice provides perinatal social work students and beginning practitioners with an overview of the basics of perinatal social work theory and practice, allowing you to identify and promote a healthy social and



emotional environment for pregnant women and/or infants. This book covers the knowledge bases of obstetric and neonatal medicine--and other specialized topics--as applied to social work practice that you'll need to be familiar with in order to provide effective care for mother and child. As a guide for new workers, s