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  • Shifting sands:changing the way we think about practice

    Author(s)
    Dorsett, Pat
    Fronek, Patricia
    Griffith University Author(s)
    Dorsett, Pat
    Year published
    2007
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    Abstract
    Social workers and psychologists can play an important role within the wider interdisciplinary team by ensuring contemporary research findings are translated into daily practice. Despite shifts in knowledge found in contemporary literature, new understandings are not always translated into daily practice. Health care professionals tend to anticipate more negative consequences of psychosocial adjustment to SCI than is necessarily experienced by individuals themselves. This has implications for effective clinical interventions. This practice issues paper aims to present current research finding which debunk seemingly persistent ...
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    Social workers and psychologists can play an important role within the wider interdisciplinary team by ensuring contemporary research findings are translated into daily practice. Despite shifts in knowledge found in contemporary literature, new understandings are not always translated into daily practice. Health care professionals tend to anticipate more negative consequences of psychosocial adjustment to SCI than is necessarily experienced by individuals themselves. This has implications for effective clinical interventions. This practice issues paper aims to present current research finding which debunk seemingly persistent myths surrounding adjustment to SCI, and to consider strategies for bridging the research/practice divide.
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    Journal Title
    SCI Psychosocial Process
    Volume
    20
    Issue
    1
    Publisher URI
    https://www.academyscipro.org/pswc-practice-process/
    Publication URI
    http://hdl.handle.net/10072/17562
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