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Handbook of Social Work in Health and Aging
Barbara Berkman and Sarah D'Ambruoso
Abstract
The fields of health care, aging, and social work are often treated as discrete entities, while all social workers deal with issues of health and aging on a daily basis, regardless of practice specialization. This is the first reference book to address this reality by compiling the most current thinking on these subjects in a single volume. With the population of older adults increasing as rapidly as new possibilities for their care, professionals need an accessible source of specialized information about how best to serve the elderly and their families. The most experienced and prominent gero ... More
Keywords: aging, health care, social workers, elderly, gerontology, mental health
Bibliographic Information
| Print publication date: 2006 | Print ISBN-13: 9780195173727 |
| Published to Oxford Scholarship Online: April 2010 | DOI:10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195173727.001.0001 |
