Social work theories in context : creating frameworks for practice /
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| Author / Creator: | Healy, Karen. |
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| Imprint: | Basingstoke, Hampshire ; New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2005. |
| Description: | xiv, 238 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. |
| Language: | English |
| Subject: | Social service. Social service -- Philosophy. Social service. Social service -- Philosophy. |
| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/5664843 |
Table of Contents:
- List of Figures and Tables
- Acknowledgements
- Preface
- Chapter 1. Practising Social Work: Why Context Matters
- Chapter 2. Dominant Discourses in Health and Welfare: Biomedicine, Economics and Law
- Chapter 3. Service Discourses: 'Psy' and Sociological Ideas in Social Work
- Chapter 4. Alternative Service Discourses: Consumer Rights, and Religion and Spirituality
- Chapter 5. Theories for Social Work Practice: Approaches to Knowledge Development and Use
- Chapter 6. Problem-Solving Approaches: Focusing on Task-Centred Practice
- Chapter 7. Three Waves of Systems Theories
- Chapter 8. The Strengths Perspective
- Chapter 9. Modern Critical Social Work: From Radical to Anti-Oppressive Practice
- Chapter 10. Postmodern Approaches in Practice
- Chapter 11. Creating Frameworks for Practice
- Bibliography
- Index