Preface
Acknolwledgments
Chapter 1: Introduction – Tuula Heinonen and Anna Metteri
Part A: Practice Approaches, Frameworks, and Methods
Chapter 2: Spanning Boundaries: An Enriched Ecological Perspective for Social Workers Practising in Health and Mental Health Care – Toba Schwaber Kerson, Judith L.M. McCoyd, and Joanne M. Chimchirian
Chapter 3: Social Workers’ Resolution of Ethical Dilemmas in Health and Mental Health Practice – Eileen J. Ain
Chapter 4: A Developmental Approach to Social Work Practice in Mental Health: Building on Strengths – Len Spearman
Chapter 5: Problem Drug Use in the 21st Century: A Social Model of Intervention – Julian Buchanan
Chapter 6: Using Music to Facilitate Social Work Intervention – Alex Keen
Part B: Social Issues and Health Effects
Chapter 7: Food Banks: Food Insecurity in a Land of Plenty? – Bruce Bidgood, Stephen Krzyzanowski, Laura Taylor, and Shelley Smilek
Chapter 8: A Healing Response: The Role of Social Workers in Supporting Children Affected by Domestic Violence – J. Elaine Walters and Jeff Todahl
Chapter 9: Violence Against Women During Pregnancy: Issues, Risks and Intervention – Deborah Walsh and Wendy Weeks
Chapter 10: Culturally Competent Social Work Practice in Health: A Focus on Urban Aboriginal Populations – Grace Elliott, Ron Levin, Joan Lafrance, and Margot Herbert
Part C: Structural and Institutional Challenges Affecting Health and Mental Health Care
Chapter 11: Psychiatric Rehabilitation in a Remote Community – Glen Schmidt
Chapter 12: Broken Hearts, Shattered Spirits: Social Work, Domestic Violence, and Health Care – Kathleen Mackay and Stan de Mello
Chapter 13: Social Work and Conflict Resolution: The Work of a Hospital Patient Ombudsperson – Anna Metteri and Marja Nieminen
Chapter 14: Social Work Supervision in the New Millenium: Tapping the Power of the Social Work Group – Joanne Sulman, Diane Savage, Paul Vrooman, and Maureen McGillivray
Chapter 15: Managing Scarcity: Joint Decision Making in Interprofessional Meetings – Pirjo Nikander
Part D: Responses to Serious Threats to Health and Experiences of Loss
Chapter 16: The Role of Meaning Construction in Living with Grief – June Allan
Chapter 17: Transformation Intervention: Facilitating Growth After Loss and Grief Due to Cancer or Bereavement – Cecilia Lai-Wan Chan, Amy Yin-Man Chow, and Rainbow Tin-Hung Ho
Chapter 18: Use of Narratives in Psychosocial Work with Cancer Patients – Pirkko Ollikainen
Chapter 19: The Experience of Receiving a Diagnosis of Cystic Fibrosis in an Adult: Drawing upon Individuals’ Stories to Inform and Guide Social Work Practice – Eileen Widerman and Lois Millner
Chapter 20: Applying a Strengths Perspective with Burn Survivors: Resiliency and Adaptation to Trauma – Nancy R. Williams and Maureen Davey