Janet Whelan
Biographic Data
| ID | 6468311 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Janet Whelan |
| GIVEN NAMES | Janet |
| FAMILY NAME | Whelan |
| SIGNATURE | WHELAN J |
| AFFILIATIONS | Retired, formerly Manager Social Work Services, Royal Hobart Hospital; Volunteer Emergency Services Australian Red Cross |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 3 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 5 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 3 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2002 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2018 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Disasters and Vulnerable Populations
Disasters and Vulnerable Populations: Evidence-based Practice for the Helping Professions." Australian Social Work, 71(4), pp. 457–458
Viewings of Deceased Persons in a Hospital Mortuary
Although social workers have been employed in acute hospitals for many decades and in some city mortuaries since the 1980s, little has been written about the assistance they provide to individuals to view bodies of family members who have died in sudden and unexpected circumstances. Using an approach based on critical reflection, the paper discusses the authors' interest in writing about this specific area of practice as it has developed at the R…
From counselling to community work
This paper represents the outcome of a process of reflection during and following a practice experience with 400 displaced persons from Kosova who were accommodated in southern Tasmania in 1999. Engaged to provide counselling services, the authors experienced misgivings from the outset that this alone would be an effective and appropriate response to people in circumstances of continuing displacement and uncertainty. The paper describes the evolu…
Viewings of Deceased Persons in a Hospital Mortuary
Although social workers have been employed in acute hospitals for many decades and in some city mortuaries since the 1980s, little has been written about the assistance they provide to individuals to view bodies of family members who have died in sudden and unexpected circumstances. Using an approach based on critical reflection, the paper discusses the authors' interest in writing about this specific area of practice as it has developed at the R…
From counselling to community work
This paper represents the outcome of a process of reflection during and following a practice experience with 400 displaced persons from Kosova who were accommodated in southern Tasmania in 1999. Engaged to provide counselling services, the authors experienced misgivings from the outset that this alone would be an effective and appropriate response to people in circumstances of continuing displacement and uncertainty. The paper describes the evolu…
From counselling to community work
This paper represents the outcome of a process of reflection during and following a practice experience with 400 displaced persons from Kosova who were accommodated in southern Tasmania in 1999. Engaged to provide counselling services, the authors experienced misgivings from the outset that this alone would be an effective and appropriate response to people in circumstances of continuing displacement and uncertainty. The paper describes the evolu…
Viewings of Deceased Persons in a Hospital Mortuary
Although social workers have been employed in acute hospitals for many decades and in some city mortuaries since the 1980s, little has been written about the assistance they provide to individuals to view bodies of family members who have died in sudden and unexpected circumstances. Using an approach based on critical reflection, the paper discusses the authors' interest in writing about this specific area of practice as it has developed at the R…
Disasters and Vulnerable Populations
Disasters and Vulnerable Populations: Evidence-based Practice for the Helping Professions." Australian Social Work, 71(4), pp. 457–458
Engineering (3 works) · Law (3 works) · Law (3 works) · Political science (3 works) · Public relations (3 works) · Social Work (3 works) · Social Work Education and Practice (3 works) · Sociology (3 works) · Work (physics (3 works) · Medical education (2 works)