Social Work Practice for Promoting Health and Wellbeing by Li... - 9780415535212

Social Work Practice for Promoting Health and WellbeingCritical Issues\nAuthor(s): Liz Beddoe, Jane Maidment\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9780415535212, 978-0415535212\nSynopsis\nPromoting health and wellbeing is an essential part of all effective social work not just for practice in healthcare settings. In fact, the IFSW holds that social workers in all settings are engaged in health work and physical and mental resilience can make a major difference to all service users lives. \n\nDrawing on international literature and research, the authors collected here encourage thinking about the social, political, cultural, emotional, spiritual, economic and spatial aspects of health and wellbeing, and how they impact on the unique strengths and challenges of working with particular populations and communities. Divided into three parts, the first section outlines the major theoretical paradigms and critical debates arou.