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Record Nr.

UNISA996208281603316

Autore

Keene Jan

Titolo

Clients with complex needs [[electronic resource] ] : interprofessional practice / / J. Keene

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Osney Mead, Oxford, OX ; ; Malden, MA, : Blackwell Science, c2001

ISBN

1-281-31834-5

9786611318345

0-470-69035-6

0-470-68009-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (226 p.)

Disciplina

362.1

Soggetti

Human services personnel

Human services

Medical cooperation

Medicine and psychology

Social medicine

Social service

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 196-209) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Part I Understanding Complex Needs: a Multidisciplinary Approach; 1 Clients with Complex Psychosocial Problems; 2 Shared Clients: Complex Needs and Multiple Service Use; 3 Planning Comprehensive Care: Assessed Needs Across Populations; Part II The Limitations of Specialist Perspectives: a Psychosocial Approach to Multidisciplinary Working; 4 Understanding Client and Professional Perspectives: the Need for Psychosocial Care and Maintenance; 5 Understanding Different Professional Perspectives: the Need for a Common Comprehensive Psychosocial Approach

Part III Comprehensive Practice: a Psychosocial Approach to Change and Maintenance6 Comprehensive Psychosocial Assessment; 7 Psychological Change-orientated Methods; 8 Psychosocial Maintenance Methods; 9 New Models of Ongoing Psychosocial Care; References; Index



Sommario/riassunto

The current trend in health care is to view health problems through a broader lens that encompasses both the psychological and social influences on illness.  This book reflects practitioners' increasing concern for clients with multifaceted problems. The text takes a practical approach to the problem, based on sound empirical research. It provides insight into the nature of the multiple problems presented by clients and offers practical advice on how to provide the comprehensive support required by these disadvantaged individuals.   It offers methods of carrying out psychosocial assessme