Introducing social work

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Dominelli, Lena (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Massachusetts : Polity Press , c2009
Subjects:
Table of Contents:
  • 1. What is social work?
  • 2. Working with children, young people and their families : child saviour or child snatcher?
  • 3. Working with older people : market-driven facilities or universal services
  • 4. Disabled people : human tragedies or disabling societies?
  • 5. Mental III health : care in institutions or the community?
  • 6. Homeless people : independence or social neglect?
  • 7. People who misuse substances : addictions or responses to difficult life circumstances and relationships?
  • 8. Offending behaviour and working with offenders : rehabilitation or warehousing?
  • 9. Disaster interventions : immediate relief or long term reconstruction?