SOWK 551.001. Health and Social Care Praxis. - School of Social ...

OUTLINE AND READINGS (Tentative):
SOWK551 – 2011-2012 – V. Marshall and S. Lai
Week 1: September 8 (Introduction to the course/ Social Determinants of Health)
Reading:
Ashcroft, R. (2010). Health Inequities: Evolution of two paradigms. Health and
Social Work, 35(4), 249-256.
Bolaria, B.S. (2002). Sociology, medicine, health, and illness. In B.S. Bolaria and
H.D. Dickenson (Eds.). Health, illness, and health care in Canada (3 rd
ed.). (pp. 3-19). Scarborough ON: Nelson.
Gregorian, C. (2005). A career in hospital social work: Do you have what it
takes? Social Work in Health Care, 40(3), 1-14.
Mikkonen, J., & Raphael, D. (2010). Social determinants of health; The Canadian
facts. Available online at: http://www.thecanadianfacts.org/ (Click on
“Download the Canadian facts).
Week 2: September 15 (Trauma, Coping, Post-Traumatic Growth)
Reading:
Mundy, E., & Baum, A. (2004). Medical disorders as a cause of psychological
trauma and post-traumatic stress disorder. Current Opinion in Psychiatry,
17, 123-127.
Tedeschi, R.G., & Calhoun, L.G. (2009). The clinician as expert companion. In
C.L. Park, S.C. Lechner, and A.L. Stanton (Eds.). Medical illness and
positive life change (pp. 215-235). Washington, DC: American
Psychological Association.
Week 3: September 22 (Disability)
Reading:
Olkin, R. (1999). What psychotherapists should know about disability. New York:
Guilford. (Chapter 2: “The Minority Model of Disability”)
Wendell, S. (1996). The rejected body: Feminist philosophical reflections on
disability. New York: Routledge. (Chapter 1: “Who is disabled? Defining
disability” and Chapter 2: “The social construction of disability.”)
Week 4: September 29 (Field Visit to GF Strong)
Reading:
Olkin, R. (1999). What psychotherapists should know about disability. New York:
Guilford. (Chapters 3 and 4: “The Disability Experience” and Chapter 8:
“Etiquette with clients with disabilities”).
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