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Book & Film Reviews: Handbook of Oncology Social Work: Psychosocial Care for People with Cancer Grace Christ, Carolyn Messner, & Lynn Behar (Eds.)

April 1, 2017

The AOSW Navigator Book & Film Reviews column has dedicated 2016 and early 2017 to reviewing the inaugural Handbook of Oncology Social Work: Psychosocial Care for People with Cancer. This is an exceptional publication that has already become a “go-to” resource for oncology social workers across the globe. More than 20 AOSW members have and will participate in reviewing individual chapters while sharing insights, information and passages from this important work.

If you haven’t already picked up your own copy, these reviews will prompt you to get one, highlight your favorite chapters and inspire you to choose which chapter to read next. Whether you are implementing distress screening in your institution, working with children affected by parental cancer, counseling grieving family members, advocating for improved healthcare access for underserved populations or considering ways to strengthen your own personal and professional resiliency, you’ll find wisdom, clinical expertise and guidance inside, written and edited by pillars in our field.

Section I: Reviewed by Amanda L. Musser, MSW, LSW

Section II: Reviewed by Genevieve Morenas

Section III: Reviewed by Casey Walsh, LCSW

Section IV: Reviewed by Cara Kondaki, LCSW, ACSW, CBPN-IC, OSW-C, and Heather Honoré Goltz, PhD, LMSW, MEd

Section V: Reviewed by Andrea Strouth, MSW, LCSW

Section VI: Reviewed by Sandra Manley-Eichler, LCSW, and Lisa McLaughlin, MSW, LSW, OSW-C

Section VII: Reviewed by Kim Grube, MSSW, LCSW, and Camille Bollig Ellard, LSCSW, CCM, BCD, OSW-C

Section VIII: Reviewed by Reviewed by Roeliena L. Van Zanten, LCSW, ACSW, and Shannon Speaks, LISW, MSSA

Section IX: Reviewed by Michele Loree, LMSW, OSW-C

Section X: Reviewed by Sara Toth, LCSW

Section XI: Reviewed by Helen Lawson, MSW, LSW, and Phronsie Sprenger, MSW, LCSW

Section XII: Reviewed by Janet Greene, LISW-S, OSW-C

Section XIII: Reviewed by Meredith Kolodze, MSW, LICSW, OSW-C

Section XIV: Reviewed by Genevieve Morenas

Section XV: Reviewed by Donna LaCerte-Blais, MSW, LICSW, OSW-C

Section XVI: Reviewed by Elizabeth McCoy, MA, MSW, CSW and Linda Roberts, M.Div., MSW, LCSW, OSW-C

NEW! Section XVII: Reviewed by Amanda L. Musser, MSW, LCSW

Section XVIII: Reviewed by Barbara E. Bond, EdD, MSW

Section XIX: Reviewed by Christine Howard, MSW, LICSW, OSW-C

About the Author

KrisAnn Talarico, LCSW, OSW-C

Editor in Chief
Clearity
Portland, Oregon
ktalarico@clearity.org

KrisAnn Talarico is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) and Board-Certified Oncology Social Worker (OSW-C) who lives in Portland, Oregon. She is passionate about improving the lives of patients and families facing cancer, and has been since f...
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