The Practice of Clinical Social Work in Healthcare

lt;p>Meredith Hemphill, LCSW-R, DSW (she/her/hers) works as a Clinical Director and Director of Community Relations at City Center Psychotherapy in New York City. She teaches within the social work programs at New York University and Columbia University, and is a graduate of the Zelda Foster certificate program in Palliative and End-of-Life Care. She received her master's and doctoral degrees in social work from New York University, and bachelor's degree at Brown University. She has acted as a Guest Editor for the Clinical Social Work Journal for a special issue on social work in healthcare. Dr. Hemphill has contributed research and writing on the topic of hope-centered work with cancer patients, counseling during the COVID-19 pandemic, and teaching grief and loss in social work education. She founded The Feather Foundation, a non-profit organization for parents who have cancer.

Abigail Nathanson, LCSW, DSW, APHSW-C, ACS (she/her/hers) is a palliative social worker and the founder of a trauma therapy practice specializing in illness, caregiving and loss. She is a part-time faculty member at New York University, where she teaches Grief, Loss and Bereavement, and a faculty member of the Zelda Foster Studies Program in Palliative and End-of-Life Care. She holds national board certification in palliative care, and has advanced training in Accelerated Experiential Dynamic Psychotherapy, EMDR and Meaning-Centered Psychotherapy. She worked in healthcare for 15 years, and has presented in grand rounds and division trainings in major academic medical centers across the country and published on topics relating to trauma, healthcare, bereavement and death anxiety. Dr. Nathanson received both her master's and doctoral degrees in social work from New York University, and is the 2022 award recipient of the Social Work in Hospice and Palliative Network's Professional Educator of the Year. 

Chapter 1. Autoimmune Diseases.- Chapter 2. Cancer and Oncology Social Work.- Chapter 3. Cancer: Leukemia and Lymphoma.- Chapter 4. Communicable Diseases.- Chapter 5. Dementia and Neurodegenerative Diseases.- Chapter 6. Diabetes.- Chapter 7. Heart and Lung Failure.- Chapter 8.- Heart Attack and Stroke.- Chapter 9. Liver and Kidney Diseases.- Chapter 10.- Organ Transplant.- Chapter 11. Traumatic Injury and Traumatic Brain Injury.- Chapter 12. Communicating with Children About an Adult's Illness.- Chapter 13. Trauma-Informed Approaches and Interventions In Serious Illness.- Chapter 14. Contemporary Issues in Healthcare.