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This timely text offers comprehensive, integrated coverage of psychosocial topics involving clients, families, and other caregivers affected by pathology, impairment, functional limitation, and/or disability. To engage students and promote insight, PSYCHOSOCIAL ASPECTS OF HEALTHCARE, 3/e relies on real-life student journal entries from multiple disciplines. A current, evidence-based, extensive literature review forms the core of the text, connecting theory to practice.
Reflective Questions and Case Studies after each chapter stimulate awareness and promote dialogue; relevant clinical examples and tables are presented throughout. This edition’s updates include broader coverage of multicultural issues, spirituality, and chronic conditions; a new chapter on abuse and neglect; thorough coverage of PTSD; improved organization; and a new Online Manual containing extensive readings and resources.
Based on the belief that an understanding of psychosocial aspects of health care optimizes therapeutic outcomes, this resource emphasizes the importance of the human factor in clinical competence and professional excellence. Comprehensive in scope and depth, it addresses a variety of psychosocial topics involving caregivers affected by pathology, impairment, functional limitation, and/or disability.
Reality-based and practical in approach, it addresses very real issues in today's health care, acknowledging time as well as other constraints, and describes recommended roles and intervention strategies for care providers. Intended for students and professionals of all health care professions, additional features include:
-Clinical examples in each chapter that highlight key subject areas and real-world situations.
-Suggested additional readings that offer further personal accounts, histories, and insights.
-Depth and breadth of contemporary topics that cover the full range of essential topics including psychiatric disorders, self-destructive behaviors, and impact of culture on health and illness.
-Implications for health care providers that describe recommended roles and intervention strategies.
1. Foundations
2. Recognizing Attitudes, Beliefs, and Values
3. Multicultural Perspectives
4. Spirituality
PART II. Making Connections
5. Communication
6. Motivation, Adherence, and Collaborative Treatment Planning
PART III. Loss/Grief, Coping, and Family
7. Loss and Grief
8. Coping
9. Understanding Family Needs, Roles, and Responsibilities
PART IV. Transitions Across the Lifespan
10. Disability
11. Chronic Conditions
12. Sexuality
PART V. Conditions that Challenge Care
13. Psychiatric Disorders
14. Self-Destructive Behaviors
15. Abuse and Neglect
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