Social work theories in context : creating frameworks for practice /

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Author / Creator:	Healy, Karen.
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

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ISBN:	1403916225 (paper)
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references (p. 222-231) and index.

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

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