Religious and Spiritual Aspects of Human Service Practice

by James W. Ellor, Ellen Netting, Jane M. Thibault

Overview

Promotes the importance of understanding spirituality and religious belief in health and human service care

Although health and human service professionals traditionally receive extensive training in the emotional and physical aspects of caring for a person, they rarely receive adequate instruction in an area often as essential—spirituality and religious belief. Recognizing the importance of religion to a large share of the population, Religious and Spiritual Aspects of Human Services fills this gap in human services literature. James W. Ellor, F. Ellen Netting, and Jane M. Thibault address the challenge of understanding the client's perspective—even when it involves a religious tradition unfamiliar to the practitioner—and consider the impact of the client's needs on the agency and on public policy.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781643362304
Publisher:	University of South Carolina Press
Publication date:	05/26/2021
Series:	Social Problems and Social Issues
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	224
File size:	3 MB
Age Range:	18 Years

About the Author

James W. Ellor is a professor of human services and the director of graduate gerontology at National-Louis University in Wheaton, Illinois.

F. Ellen Netting is a professor of social work at Virginia Commonwealth University in Virginia.

Jane M. Thibault is a clinical gerontologist and associate professor of family and community medicine at the University of Louisville School of Medicine in Kentucky.

Editorial Reviews

Contending that despite current efforts to make social workers sensitive to differences of race, ethnicity, and gender, the diversity and impact of religious beliefs has often been overlooked, three professors of social work/human services offer a guide to direct practice concerns. Spiritual assessment, positive and pathological uses of religious practice, and the need for spiritual self-awareness among human-service workers are explored, as are issues related to community, congregation, and making of public policy. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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