Families, Illness, And Disability: An Integrative Treatment Model

By John S. Rolland

Book Overview

When a family member is diagnosed with cancer or faces challenges from living with a disability, the impact reverberates throughout the family, leaving no one untouched. How should a clinician help... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0465029159
• ISBN13: 9780465029150
• Release Date: June 1994
• Publisher: Basic Books
• Length: 336 Pages
• Weight: 1.43 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.5" x 1.3" x 6.5"

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Families, Illness and Disability: an integrative treatment m

John Rolland's book taps into the intersectional and ever changing relationship of illness, family, and time. Rolland presents a thorough and well-organized theory and framework for clinicians to use for assesssment and treatment. Rolland reaches his purpose in the provision of a highly developed and sensitive model that surpasses other models that are stagnant and unidimensional. Rolland "educates" the reader through use of charts, visual illustrations, case examples, and sample questions. This enhances the learning experience of the reader. Rolland fortifies social work by presentation of a model that accentuates the nature of social service; looking at the broad implications of change over time and the adaptability or "stuck" that a family may experience in relation to disability or illness. he recognizes the difference in "family" and the stigma of illness or disability. His weakness comes out of the very nature of the family life cycle as a traditional role in the dominant society. Rolland finishes his masterful book with a piece de resistance; the guided experience of exploration of personal values and healthcare experiences and the impact upon professional practice. Overall, Rolland's book delivers what the author and reader expect and more.