Social Work in Health Emergencies

Name: Social Work in Health Emergencies
Brand: Taylor & Francis

Taylor & Francis

Social Work in Health EmergenciesGlobal Perspectives\nAuthor(s): Patricia Fronek, Karen Smith Rotabi-Casares\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9780367628741, 978-0367628741\nSynopsis\nThis is the first comprehensive book that provides accessible, international knowledge for practitioners, students and academics about social work in health emergencies and spans fields of practice across world regions with particular reference to the COVID-19 pandemic. \n\nDivided into three sections: \n\n Regional, Historical and Social Work Perspectives takes a journey through world regions during the first six months of the pandemic as it unfolded, explores the lessons found in the history of pandemics and situates public health social work practice in the values of the profession. Situating the diversity of challenges and opportunities in context, in turn, influences current and future social work practice. \n\n Social Work Practice.