1st Edition
Critical Social Welfare Issues Tools for Social Work and Health Care Professionals
262 Pages
by
Routledge
262 Pages
by
Routledge
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Critical Social Welfare Issues is a collection of lectures by noted social welfare experts that addresses paramount issues facing society and suggests recommendations for positive change. It is a useful handbook for social workers, psychologists, educators, health professionals, and human service administrators and a valuable text for students studying social welfare policy and social work in... Read more
Contents
Foreword
- Introduction
- Chapter 1. Class War and Welfare Reform
- Chapter 2. Revisiting the Unseen: Some Unresolved Issues in Homeless Advocacy and Research
- Chapter 3. The Crisis in American Child Welfare
- Chapter 4. Mandatory versus Voluntary HIV Testing of Newborns
- Chapter 5. The Changing Structure of African-American Families
- Chapter 6. From the Tenement Class to the Dangerous Class to the Underclass: Blaming Women for Social Problems
- Chapter 7. Health and Human Services for Profit
- Chapter 8. Legal Regulation and Accreditation: Obstacles to Practice
- Chapter 9. Challenges of Managed Care for Health Professionals: Implications for Social Work Practice
- Chapter 10. The Substitution Phenomenon of Professionals in the Health Care Industry
- Chapter 11. Troubled Preschoolers Making Trouble Later: Is There a Solution?
- Chapter 12. Cultural Diversity Among Hispanic Families: Implications for Practitioners
- Chapter 13. Power Issues in Social Work Practice
- Index
- Reference Notes Included
Biography
Arthur J Katz, Abraham Lurie, Carlos Vidal
