Vulnerability and Marginality in Human Services

ISBN-13: 9780367595067 / Angielski / Miękka / 2020 / 158 str.

Mark Henrickson; Christa Fouché

Opis

Vulnerability has traditionally been conceived as a dichotomised status, where an individual by reason of a personal characteristic, physical and mental disability, age, politics or religion is classified as vulnerable. Contemporary literature argues that vulnerability is not static, and that most, if not all, people are vulnerable at some time in

Spis treści

1. Why this book?

2. Vulnerability and marginality

3. Intimacy and sexuality

4. Critiquing power and privilege

5. Delivery of care: setting out the challenges

6. Restoring the human to human services

7. Practice research with vulnerable and marginalised communities

8. Research ethics

9. Re-imagining vulnerability and marginality: assessing the claims

O autorze

Mark Henrickson is Associate Professor in the School of Social Work, Massey University, Auckland, New Zealand. His work experience and research interests are in HIV/AIDS and the communities that have been most heavily impacted by HIV: sexual and gender minorities, substance misusers, and the African diaspora.

Christa Fouché is Professor in the School of Counselling, Human Services and Social Work, University of Auckland, New Zealand. Her work experience and research interests are in HIV/AIDS, palliative care, chronic illness, and the organisational context of health and social service delivery.