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Native Americans
Hilary N. Weaver
Subject: Social Work »
Date Added: 2009-12-14
Native Americans Introduction Native Americans are the descendants of the original inhabitants of what has become the United States. As indigen...
Neuroscience and Social Work
Robert J. MacFadden
Subject: Social Work »
Date Added: 2011-05-25
Neuroscience and Social Work Introduction Social work has historically embraced a biopsychosocial perspective, but in teaching, practice, and r...
Northern Ireland, History of Social Work in
Caroline Skehill
Subject: Social Work »
Date Added: 2010-02-15
History of Social Work in Northern Ireland Introduction The history of Northern Ireland is a complex one that has involved changing borders...
Occupational Social Work
Elizabeth Ann Danto
Subject: Social Work »
Date Added: 2011-05-25
Occupational Social Work Introduction Occupational social work is the practice specialization in which programs and interventions are targeted ...
Palliative Care
Shirley Otis-Green
Subject: Social Work »
Date Added: 2013-04-22
Palliative Care Introduction Palliative care is an emerging medical field characterized by attention to the improvement of quality of life and...
Parent Training
Geraldine Macdonald
Subject: Social Work »
Date Added: 2012-02-06
Parent Training Introduction Children, particularly infants and young children, depend on their primary caregivers to meet many of their develo...
Person-in-Environment
Mary Ellen Kondrat
Subject: Social Work »
Date Added: 2011-05-25
Person-in-Environment Introduction This bibliography deals with the concept “person in environment” as a practice orienting perspective for soc...
Personalization
Sarah Carr, Mike Fisher
Subject: Social Work »
Date Added: 2009-12-14
Personalization Introduction This entry is an introduction to the concept of personalization in social care. Personalization is a way of ex...
Police Social Work
George Patterson
Subject: Social Work »
Date Added: 2012-02-06
Police Social Work Introduction Police social work has been defined several ways among the entries published in major social work reference w...
Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
Allen Rubin
Subject: Social Work »
Date Added: 2009-12-14
Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) Introduction Like most topics in the area of mental health or mental illness, there is an enormous am...
Postmodernism and Social Work
Elizabeth Ann Danto
Subject: Social Work »
Date Added: 2011-05-25
Postmodernism and Social Work Introduction “The postmodern movement has had a dramatic influence on social work,” wrote Joan Laird in 1995. “It...
Poverty
Mark R. Rank
Subject: Social Work »
Date Added: 2011-04-14
Poverty Introduction Poverty generally refers to individuals residing in households lacking the necessary income to purchase a minimally adeq...
Productive Engagement of Older Adults
Nancy Morrow-Howell
Subject: Social Work »
Date Added: 2013-02-26
Productive Engagement of Older Adults Introduction There is extraordinary growth in the number and proportion of older adults in almost every ...
Profession, Social Work
June Gary Hopps, Tony Lowe, Vanessa Robinson-Dooley
Subject: Social Work »
Date Added: 2009-12-14
Social Work Profession Introduction Social work literature discusses how the profession’s history was organized in an effort to address pro...
Psychiatric Rehabilitation
Phyllis Solomon, Lisa T. Schmidt
Subject: Social Work »
Date Added: 2009-12-14
Psychiatric Rehabilitation Introduction Psychiatric rehabilitation is the use of systematic strategies and interventions to assist adults wi...
Psychopathology and Social Work Practice
Sophia F. Dziegielewski, George Jacinto
Subject: Social Work »
Date Added: 2011-05-25
Psychopathology and Social Work Practice Introduction As the field of social work practice has expanded its services within health-care and men...
Psychopharmacology and Social Work Practice
Sophia F. Dziegielewski
Subject: Social Work »
Date Added: 2011-05-25
Psychopharmacology and Social Work Practice Introduction Psychopharmacological treatments are changing the practice landscape for all health an...
Psychosocial Framework
Eda G. Goldstein
Subject: Social Work »
Date Added: 2009-12-14
Psychosocial Framework Introduction This entry describes the psychosocial framework and its resources. It is important to differentiate the psy...
Qualitative Research
James Drisko
Subject: Social Work »
Date Added: 2011-05-25
Qualitative Research Introduction “Qualitative research” is a term that encompasses a wide variety of research types and methods. Its great var...
Race and Racism
Haluk Soydan
Subject: Social Work »
Date Added: 2009-12-14
Race and Racism Introduction In many societies the social work profession operates in a racialized social and psychological environment. Ra...
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