Gerontological Home Health Care: A Guide for the Social Work Practitioner
Goldie Kadushin and Marcia Egan
Paper, 280 pages,
ISBN: 978-0-231-12465-2
$34.50
/ £24.00
June, 2008
Cloth, 280 pages,
ISBN: 978-0-231-12464-5
$95.00
/ £65.50
"Essential" — CHOICE
"Goldie Kadushin and Marcia Egan, leaders in their field, effectively argue the importance of social work in home health care. Their book masterfully integrates information on practice, policy, and research and highlights pathways for the future. It is a much-needed addition to our knowledge base and meets the needs of older adults of today and tomorrow." — Ji Seon Lee, Fordham University Graduate School of Social Service
"This guide is an excellent resource for anyone interested in gerontological social work practice, whether they are currently working in home health care or not. A comprehensive resource for practitioners and students alike." — Joan K. Davitt, assistant professor and Hartford Geriatric Social Work Faculty Scholar, University of Pennsylvania School of Social Policy and Practice
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About the Author
Goldie Kadushin is a professor of social work at the Helen Bader School of Social Welfare, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. She is the author, of The Social Work Interview: A Guide for Human Services Professionals (4th edition) with Alfred Kadushin.Marcia Egan is associate professor at the College of Social Work, University of Tennessee. She is author, with Goldie Kadushin, of Social Work Practice in Community-Based Health Care. The gerontological focus of her empirical research and scholarship contributes to the knowledge base for effective practice in home health practice.Goldie Kadushin, PhD, is an Associate Professor in the Department of Social Work at the University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee. Dr. Kadushin is the Coordinator of the University Certificate in Applied Gerontology and the Coordinator of Adjunct Faculty for the Helen Bader School of Social Welfare. Dr. Kadushin’s current research interests are in the area of community-based social work practice with the elderly. She is the co-author with Alfred Kadushin of the Social Work Interview, 4th edition (Columbia, 1997). She is the Associate Editor of the journal, Social Work in Health Care. Marcia Egan, PhD, is an Associate Professor at the School of Social Work at the University of Tennessee. Dr. Egan's research areas include social work in health care settings, particularly in community-based settings serving under-served populations, such as the uninsured, marginalized women and their children, and older adults, and the influence of managed care on health care social workers, clients, and practice.
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