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Book The Physician s Guide of Professional Boundaries

Download or read book The Physician s Guide of Professional Boundaries written by Stephen Schenthal and published by . This book was released on 2020-01-23 with total page 154 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: No one thinks they're at risk of a boundary violation until it's too late. "That will never happen to me." "My patients love me." "I would never do anything to jeopardize my career."Stephen Schenthal, a leader in the field for 20 years, has helped thousands of physicians grapple with situations they never imagined facing. Now he offers an evidence-based account of how good doctors get into potentially career-ending trouble, and find their way back.Medical schools are beginning to require ethics training. But abstract scenarios in a quiet classroom cannot prepare you for the real world of modern health care. It seems everywhere you look regulators are cracking down. Legislators are writing new laws. Insurance companies are questioning medical decisions. And hospitals are rating physicians based on patient satisfaction scores instead of outcomes. And through it all, you are expected to "increase productivity" (i.e., spend less time with each patient).The good news is that the skills and perspective you need to avoid boundary violations can help you survive, and even thrive, in today's stressful health care environment. In the first part of The Physician's Guide to Professional Boundaries, Schenthal explains how boundaries are defined, enforced, and what happens when they are violated. In parts two and three, you'll learn about the forces that push good, ethical physicians like you across professional boundaries, and the about the basics of resisting those forces. In the final section, you'll learn how to gauge your own personal "violation potential" as it changes over the course of your career, and how to reduce it.This same information has helped thousands who have attended PBI Education courses, almost always as a requirement of board discipline. You now have a chance to learn what they learned without having to endure the months and often years of anguish they went through. Think of it as preventive medicine.

Book The Physician s Guide to Professional Boundaries

Download or read book The Physician s Guide to Professional Boundaries written by Stephen Schenthal and published by . This book was released on 2020-01-27 with total page 156 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: No one thinks they're at risk of a boundary violation until it's too late. "That will never happen to me." "My patients love me." "I would never do anything to jeopardize my career."Stephen Schenthal, a leader in the field for 20 years, has helped thousands of physicians grapple with situations they never imagined facing. Now he offers an evidence-based account of how good doctors get into potentially career-ending trouble, and find their way back.Medical schools are beginning to require ethics training. But abstract scenarios in a quiet classroom cannot prepare you for the real world of modern health care. It seems everywhere you look regulators are cracking down. Legislators are writing new laws. Insurance companies are questioning medical decisions. And hospitals are rating physicians based on patient satisfaction scores instead of outcomes. And through it all, you are expected to "increase productivity" (i.e., spend less time with each patient).The good news is that the skills and perspective you need to avoid boundary violations can help you survive, and even thrive, in today's stressful health care environment. In the first part of The Physician's Guide to Professional Boundaries, Schenthal explains how boundaries are defined, enforced, and what happens when they are violated. In parts two and three, you'll learn about the forces that push good, ethical physicians like you across professional boundaries, and the about the basics of resisting those forces. In the final section, you'll learn how to gauge your own personal "violation potential" as it changes over the course of your career, and how to reduce it.This same information has helped thousands who have attended PBI Education courses, almost always as a requirement of board discipline. You now have a chance to learn what they learned without having to endure the months and often years of anguish they went through. Think of it as preventive medicine.

Book Boundaries for Women Physicians

Download or read book Boundaries for Women Physicians written by Tammie Chang and published by . This book was released on 2022-02-03 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: setting boundaries for women physicians

Book Psychiatry  2 Volume Set

    Book Details:
  • Author : Allan Tasman
  • Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
  • Release : 2015-03-30
  • ISBN : 1118845471
  • Pages : 2765 pages

Download or read book Psychiatry 2 Volume Set written by Allan Tasman and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2015-03-30 with total page 2765 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Now in a new Fourth Edition, Psychiatry remains the leading reference on all aspects of the current practice and latest developments in psychiatry. From an international team of recognised expert editors and contributors, Psychiatry provides a truly comprehensive overview of the entire field of psychiatry in 132 chapters across two volumes. It includes two new sections, on psychosomatic medicine and collaborative care, and on emergency psychiatry, and compares Diagnostic and Statistical Manual (DSM-5) and International Classification of Diseases (ICD10) classifications for every psychiatric disorder. Psychiatry, Fourth Edition is an essential reference for psychiatrists in clinical practice and clinical research, residents in training, and for all those involved in the treatment psychiatric disorders. Includes a a companion website at www.tasmanpsychiatry.com featuring PDFs of each chapter and downloadable images

Book Saving Lives Without Destroying Yours

Download or read book Saving Lives Without Destroying Yours written by Dr. Maryna Mammoliti and published by FriesenPress. This book was released on 2024-06-12 with total page 313 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Physicians help people heal, but how well do they take care of their own physical and mental well-being? How does a physician’s personal history, medical training, and medical culture predispose and perpetuate potential health issues, relationship challenges, financial strain, abuse, or burnout in physicians? Does the prevalent mindset of pushing beyond our needs and losing ourselves in the physician identity perpetuate burnout or sustainability? How do emotions such as fear, obligation, guilt, and shame affect medical training, medical practice, physician lives, and their relationships? Saving Lives without Destroying Yours is a self-help book for physicians to set boundaries to improve their mental health and wellbeing, break intergenerational medical training traps, protect themselves, engage more in their life roles, and design a life and medical practice where physicians can thrive, not just survive. This book empowers physicians to know themselves – their needs, wants, abilities, and limitations - while being understanding and non-judgmental towards others’ needs when setting boundaries. Takeaway pearls include building self-awareness, setting boundaries, communicating assertively, identifying patterns of abuse, building healthy relationships, and managing interpersonal conflict using dialectical behavioural therapy principles and emotional intelligence. Dr. Mammoliti and Mr. Ly combine their experience in psychiatry, psychotherapy, coaching, and occupational therapy to encourage a comprehensive self-reflection journey and guide physicians in boundary setting. Discover how to say No appropriately and say Yes to a more meaningful and healthy life.

Book Managing Relationships with Industry

Download or read book Managing Relationships with Industry written by Steven C. Schachter and published by Academic Press. This book was released on 2010-07-28 with total page 323 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Now more than ever, doctors are being targeted by government prosecutors and whistleblowers challenging the legality of their relationships with drug and device companies. With reputations at stake and the risk of civil and criminal liability, it is incumbent upon doctors to protect themselves. Managing Relationships with Industry: A Physician’s Compliance Manual is an indispensable resource for doctors, professional societies, academic medical centers, community hospitals, and group practices struggling to understand the ever changing law and ethical standards on interactions with pharmaceutical and device companies. It is the first comprehensive summary of the law and ethics on physician relationships with industry written for the physician. Authored by a former state Attorney General, Harvard Medical School Professor, health care lawyer and professor of ethics, Managing Relationships approaches the topic from a balanced and reasoned perspective adding to the on-going national dialogue and debate on the proper limits to medicine’s relationship with industry. The first complete and up-to-date summary and analysis of the law and ethics on physician-industry relationships Focuses on major enforcement actions and whistleblower lawsuits and the lessons learned for physicians Provides options and guidance for maintaining compliant relationships and avoiding traps for the unwary Covers both drug and device company relationships Summarizes the types of industry relationships that are necessary and productive and those that are harmful and abusive Details the law and ethics for each type of relationship including gifts, off-label uses and marketing, CME, speaker’s bureaus, free samples, grants, consulting arrangements, etc. Includes sample contracts for permissible consulting and CME speaker engagements

Book The Physician as Patient

    Book Details:
  • Author : Michael F. Myers
  • Publisher : American Psychiatric Pub
  • Release : 2009-02-20
  • ISBN : 1585628786
  • Pages : 252 pages

Download or read book The Physician as Patient written by Michael F. Myers and published by American Psychiatric Pub. This book was released on 2009-02-20 with total page 252 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Because physicians are shaped by the expectations and responsibilities of their profession and are especially susceptible to stress and illness, professionals treating them need to be attuned to a host of demands and considerations not applicable to other patients. The Physician as Patient meets that need by combining the perspectives of two seasoned psychiatrists who have been assessing and treating physicians for more than 30 years. Drs. Myers and Gabbard pool their career-long dedication to physician health, counseling, and risk management to demonstrate that, through accurate diagnosis and state-of-the-art treatment, most impaired physicians can recover and return to practice. As the most current sourcebook available on this subject, The Physician as Patient not only discusses common illnesses and problems seen in doctors but also outlines the many biopsychosocial treatments that are indicated -- always with an emphasis on integrated care. It considers such issues as the reluctance of physicians to assume the role of patient and the uniqueness of the physician's psychological makeup that facilitates or impedes diagnosis and treatment. It describes the most common medical and psychiatric illnesses in physicians -- including addictions -- and addresses personality disorders and the increasingly important subject of boundary violations. And it helps readers determine what can be done about doctors behaving badly or out-of-character, or what strategies are useful in treating physicians to assure accuracy while also diminishing morbidity and relieving suffering. Among other key issues raised are: The importance of considering sociocultural customs and values when treating the increasing number of minority and International Medical Graduate physicians Addressing the many clinical, humanistic, ethical, and legal dimensions of the psychiatric evaluation of physicians Distinguishing between long-standing patterns of personality disorders that manifest as disruptive behaviors and those patterns that lead to burnout and depression Assessing amenability to rehabilitation in cases of sexual boundary violation, including an awareness of alcohol or drug abuse as contributing factors Utilizing a physician's predisposition as a learner and pragmatist to enter into cognitive behavior therapy The success of early diagnosis and treatment in lowering the occurrence of suicide, for which physicians are notoriously at risk Brimming with case examples, The Physician as Patient adopts a reader-friendly style that facilitates quick grasp of concepts, while an extensive list of references and websites provides an entrée for additional support. This book is an indispensable resource for all mental health professionals who take caregivers into their care.

Book Sexual Boundary Violations in Psychotherapy

Download or read book Sexual Boundary Violations in Psychotherapy written by Arlene Lu Steinberg and published by American Psychological Association (APA). This book was released on 2021 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book explains how sexual boundary violations occur in psychotherapy, how to avoid them, and how such violations affect clients, therapists, colleagues, institutions, and families.

Book Encyclopedia of Pharmacy Practice and Clinical Pharmacy

Download or read book Encyclopedia of Pharmacy Practice and Clinical Pharmacy written by and published by Academic Press. This book was released on 2019-06-28 with total page 2370 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Encyclopedia of Pharmacy Practice and Clinical Pharmacy, Three Volume Set covers definitions, concepts, methods, theories and applications of clinical pharmacy and pharmacy practice. It highlights why and how this field has a significant impact on healthcare. The work brings baseline knowledge, along with the latest, most cutting-edge research. In addition, new treatments, algorithms, standard treatment guidelines, and pharmacotherapies regarding diseases and disorders are also covered. The book's main focus lies on the pharmacy practice side, covering pharmacy practice research, pharmacovigilance, pharmacoeconomics, social and administrative pharmacy, public health pharmacy, pharmaceutical systems research, the future of pharmacy, and new interventional models of pharmaceutical care. By providing concise expositions on a broad range of topics, this book is an excellent resource for those seeking information beyond their specific areas of expertise. This outstanding reference is essential for anyone involved in the study of pharmacy practice. Provides a ‘one-stop’ resource for access to information written by world-leading scholars in the field Meticulously organized, with articles split into three clear sections, it is the ideal resource for students, researchers and professionals to find relevant information Contains concise and accessible chapters that are ideal as an authoritative introduction for non-specialists and readers from the undergraduate level upwards Includes multimedia options, such as hyperlinked references and further readings, cross-references and videos

Book Advanced Practice Nursing   E Book

Download or read book Advanced Practice Nursing E Book written by Ann B. Hamric and published by Elsevier Health Sciences. This book was released on 2013-07-01 with total page 754 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Addressing all major advanced practice nursing competencies, roles, and issues, Advanced Practice Nursing: An Integrative Approach, 5th Edition provides a clear, comprehensive, and current introduction to APN today. It applies APN core competencies to the major APN roles — including the burgeoning Nurse Practitioner role — and covers topics ranging from the evolution of APN to evidence-based practice, leadership, ethical decision-making, and health policy. This edition includes a new chapter on the international development of APN, new and enhanced illustrations, and a colorful new reader-friendly format for improved readability. From internationally known APN experts Ann Hamric, Charlene Hanson, Mary Fran Tracy, and Eileen O'Grady, along with a host of internationally recognized APN contributors, Advanced Practice Nursing introduces you to APN and helps you identify an APN role, develop key competencies for that role, and succeed as an APN. Coverage of APN core competencies defines and describes all competencies, including direct clinical practice, guidance and coaching, consultation, evidence-based practice (EBP), leadership, collaboration, and ethical decision-making. Operationalizes and applies APN core competencies to the major APN specialties including the Clinical Nurse Specialist, the Primary Care Nurse Practitioner, the Acute Care Nurse Practitioner, the Certified Nurse-Midwife, and the Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist. Content on managing APN environments addresses such factors as business planning and reimbursement; marketing, negotiating, and contracting; regulatory, legal, and credentialing requirements; health policy issues; and nursing outcomes and performance improvement research. Unique Exemplar boxes provide real-life scenarios, showing APN competencies in action. In-depth discussions of educational strategies show how nurses develop competencies as they progress into advanced practice. Discussions of APN role development clearly explain the career trajectory that you can anticipate as you transition to advanced practice.

Book Ballweg s Physician Assistant  A Guide to Clinical Practice   E Book

Download or read book Ballweg s Physician Assistant A Guide to Clinical Practice E Book written by Tami S Ritsema and published by Elsevier Health Sciences. This book was released on 2021-04-17 with total page 624 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Designed as a highly visual and practical resource to be used across the spectrum of lifelong learning, Ballweg's Physician Assistant, 7th Edition, helps you master all the core competencies needed for physician assistant certification, recertification, and clinical practice. It remains the only textbook that covers all aspects of the physician assistant profession, the PA curriculum, and the PA’s role in clinical practice. Ideal for both students and practicing PAs, it features a succinct, bulleted writing style, convenient tables, practical case studies, and clinical application questions that enable you to master key concepts and clinical applications. Addresses all six physician assistant competencies, as well as providing guidance for the newly graduated PA entering practice. Includes five new chapters: What Is a Physician Assistant, and How Did We Get Here?, Effective Use of Technology for Patient-Centered Care, Success in the Clinical Year, Transitioning to Practice and Working in Teams, and Finding Your Niche. Features an enhanced focus on content unique to the PA profession that is not readily found in other resources, more illustrations for today’s visually oriented learners, a more consistent format throughout, and a new emphasis on the appropriate use of social media among healthcare professionals. Provides updated content throughout to reflect the needs of the PA profession, including new content on self-care for the PA to help prevent burnout, suicide, and other hazards faced by healthcare professionals. Guides students in preparation for each core clinical rotation and common electives, as well as working with special patient populations such as patients experiencing homelessness and patients with disabilities. Includes quick-use resources, such as objectives and key points sections for each chapter, tip boxes with useful advice, abundant tables and images, and more than 130 updated case studies. Evolve Educator site with an image bank is available to instructors through their Elsevier sales rep or via request at https://evolve.elsevier.com.

Book Bates  Guide To Physical Examination and History Taking

Download or read book Bates Guide To Physical Examination and History Taking written by Lynn S. Bickley and published by Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. This book was released on 2023-03-27 with total page 2219 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Selected as a Doody's Core Title for 2022! Confidently Perform Accurate, Efficient, and Effective Physical Examinations. Master the techniques for successful physical examinations with the #1 choice for complete, authoritative guidance. This highly regarded text includes fully-illustrated, step-by-step techniques that outline the correct performance of the physical examination and an easy-to-follow two-column format that correlates examination techniques on the left and abnormalities (clearly indicated in red) with differential diagnoses on the right.

Book Nursing Today   E Book

    Book Details:
  • Author : JoAnn Zerwekh
  • Publisher : Elsevier Health Sciences
  • Release : 2020-02-05
  • ISBN : 0323674593
  • Pages : 696 pages

Download or read book Nursing Today E Book written by JoAnn Zerwekh and published by Elsevier Health Sciences. This book was released on 2020-02-05 with total page 696 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ensure you thoroughly understand the most important issues you’ll face when entering practice! Loved for its humor, readability, and inviting cartoons, Nursing Today: Transitions and Trends, 10th Edition helps you to prepare for the NCLEX-RN® — while giving you valuable information to succeed throughout your career. It reflects current issues and trending topics that nurses will face, ensuring that you not only graduate with patient care skills, but also with career development skills such as resume writing, finding a job, and effective interviewing. The 10th Edition features major content updates on Workplace Issues, Nursing Informatics, Cultural and Spiritual Awareness and Ethical Issues, and evidence-based practice boxes throughout to help you focus on the research evidence that supports clinical practice. Additionally, it includes test-taking tips for the NCLEX-RN® Examination and updated Evolve Resources for students with new review questions and case studies. An emphasis on transitioning into the workplace is included in chapters such as NCLEX-RN® and the New Graduate, Employment Considerations: Opportunities, Resumes, and Interviewing, Mentorship and Preceptorship, and Nurse Residency Programs. Thorough coverage of all the most important issues faced by the new nurse, preparing you for a professional career. An engaging approach features lively cartoons, chapter objectives, bibliographies, and colorful summary boxes. Critical Thinking boxes in every chapter offer questions and exercises asking you to apply what they have learned to clinical practice. Evidence-Based Practice boxes, and evidence-based practice content throughout, focus your attention on the research evidence that supports clinical practice. QSEN competencies related to effective communication, team building, evidence-based practice, patient safety, and quality assurance highlighted throughout.

Book Physician s Guide to Coping with Death and Dying

Download or read book Physician s Guide to Coping with Death and Dying written by Jan Swanson and published by McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP. This book was released on 2005 with total page 305 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Education about death and dying has been almost ignored in medical schools. Recently, however, it has become increasingly obvious that the preferences of dying patients are being ignored, leaving many patients to die lonely, scared, and in pain. There is a growing realization that physicians can help dying patients achieve a more peaceful death and increased recognition that good end-of-life care is not just the province of specialized hospice physicians or nurses. Cooper, a physician and a clinical psychologist with many years of experience, offer insights to help medical students, residents, physicians, nurses, and others become more aware of the different stages in the dying process and learn how to communicate more effectively with patients and their families. They also discuss the ways physicians and other caregivers can learn to reduce their own stress levels and avoid the risk of burnout, allowing them to achieve balance in their lives and be more effective professionally. The authors use case examples and thought-provoking exercises to provide a personal learning experience. bibliography and a unique web resource section with contacts to many organizations working with patients suffering from life-threatening illnesses.

Book Psychiatry

    Book Details:
  • Author : Allan Tasman
  • Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
  • Release : 2015-01-29
  • ISBN : 1118845498
  • Pages : 2759 pages

Download or read book Psychiatry written by Allan Tasman and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2015-01-29 with total page 2759 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Now in a new Fourth Edition, Psychiatry remains the leading reference on all aspects of the current practice and latest developments in psychiatry. From an international team of recognised expert editors and contributors, Psychiatry provides a truly comprehensive overview of the entire field of psychiatry in 132 chapters across two volumes. It includes two new sections, on psychosomatic medicine and collaborative care, and on emergency psychiatry, and compares Diagnostic and Statistical Manual (DSM-5) and International Classification of Diseases (ICD10) classifications for every psychiatric disorder. Psychiatry, Fourth Edition is an essential reference for psychiatrists in clinical practice and clinical research, residents in training, and for all those involved in the treatment psychiatric disorders. Includes a a companion website at www.tasmanpsychiatry.com featuring PDFs of each chapter and downloadable images

Book Advanced Practice Nursing

    Book Details:
  • Author : Ann B. Hamric, PhD, RN, FAAN
  • Publisher : Elsevier Health Sciences
  • Release : 2013-07-18
  • ISBN : 1455739804
  • Pages : 754 pages

Download or read book Advanced Practice Nursing written by Ann B. Hamric, PhD, RN, FAAN and published by Elsevier Health Sciences. This book was released on 2013-07-18 with total page 754 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Addressing all major advanced practice nursing competencies, roles, and issues, Advanced Practice Nursing: An Integrative Approach, 5th Edition provides a clear, comprehensive, and current introduction to APN today. It applies APN core competencies to the major APN roles - including the burgeoning Nurse Practitioner role - and covers topics ranging from the evolution of APN to evidence-based practice, leadership, ethical decision-making, and health policy. This edition includes a new chapter on the international development of APN, new and enhanced illustrations, and a colorful new reader-friendly format for improved readability. From internationally known APN experts Ann Hamric, Charlene Hanson, Mary Fran Tracy, and Eileen O'Grady, along with a host of internationally recognized APN contributors, Advanced Practice Nursing introduces you to APN and helps you identify an APN role, develop key competencies for that role, and succeed as an APN. Coverage of APN core competencies defines and describes all competencies, including direct clinical practice, guidance and coaching, consultation, evidence-based practice (EBP), leadership, collaboration, and ethical decision-making. Operationalizes and applies APN core competencies to the major APN specialties including the Clinical Nurse Specialist, the Primary Care Nurse Practitioner, the Acute Care Nurse Practitioner, the Certified Nurse-Midwife, and the Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist. Content on managing APN environments addresses such factors as business planning and reimbursement; marketing, negotiating, and contracting; regulatory, legal, and credentialing requirements; health policy issues; and nursing outcomes and performance improvement research. Unique Exemplar boxes provide real-life scenarios, showing APN competencies in action. In-depth discussions of educational strategies show how nurses develop competencies as they progress into advanced practice. Discussions of APN role development clearly explain the career trajectory that you can anticipate as you transition to advanced practice. EXPANDED international focus includes a NEW International Development of Advanced Practice Nursing chapter that addresses common issues such as the public image and status of APN, dealing with physician resistance, discrepancies in titling, and educational standardization. ENHANCED reader-friendly format includes more headings, tables, and illustrations in lieu of long stretches of unbroken text. REVISED Evidence-Based Practice chapter emphasizes the key competency of evidence-based practice (EBP) and includes a comprehensive history and explanation of the steps of the EBP process. UPDATED Health Policy chapter covers key U.S. initiatives affecting APN including the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, the Institute of Medicine's Future of Nursing report, the Consensus Model of APRN Regulation, and how APNs can engage in the political process. ENHANCED Exemplar boxes (case studies), including Day in the Life vignettes of each APN specialty, emphasize innovative practices and coverage of advanced practice roles. Increased interprofessional content emphasizes the subjects of ethics, collaboration, and consultation. Enhanced integration of Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) considerations and literature makes this text ideal for DNP programs.

Book Handbook of Health Social Work

Download or read book Handbook of Health Social Work written by Sarah Gehlert and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2006-03-20 with total page 769 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Handbook of Health Social Work provides a comprehensive and evidence-based overview of contemporary social work practice in health care. Written from a wellness perspective, the chapters cover the spectrum of health social work settings with contributions from a wide range of experts. The resulting resource offers both a foundation for social work practice in health care and a guide for strategy, policy, and program development in proactive and actionable terms. Three sections present the material: The Foundations of Social Work in Health Care provides information that is basic and central to the operations of social workers in health care, including conceptual underpinnings; the development of the profession; the wide array of roles performed by social workers in health care settings; ethical issues and decision - making in a variety of arenas; public health and social work; health policy and social work; and the understanding of community factors in health social work. Health Social Work Practice: A Spectrum of Critical Considerations delves into critical practice issues such as theories of health behavior; assessment; effective communication with both clients and other members of health care teams; intersections between health and mental health; the effects of religion and spirituality on health care; family and health; sexuality in health care; and substance abuse. Health Social Work: Selected Areas of Practice presents a range of examples of social work practice, including settings that involve older adults; nephrology; oncology; chronic diseases such as diabetes, heart disease, and HIV/AIDS; genetics; end of life care; pain management and palliative care; and alternative treatments and traditional healers. The first book of its kind to unite the entire body of health social work knowledge, the Handbook of Health Social Work is a must-read for social work educators, administrators, students, and practitioners.