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Research Made Simple: A Handbook for Social Workers
ISBN: 9780803974272 / Angielski / Miękka / 432 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. "Raymond Mark has extended his choreography of a modern ballet of social work research, continuing to combine the classical integrity of statistical techniques with the latest problems of planning and implementation, a kind of researcher's 'rodeo.'. . . One hopes this book's use as a teaching instrument, and its application as a research stimulus and guide, will encourage both students and practitioners to work harder at achieving a sounder integration of theory and practice in social work." --from the Foreword by Chauncey A. Alexander Designed to provide students with a nontechnical,...
"Raymond Mark has extended his choreography of a modern ballet of social work research, continuing to combine the classical integrity of statistical t...
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940,36 |
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The Health Care Policy Process
ISBN: 9780803976276 / Angielski / Twarda / 208 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The Health Care Policy Process enables the reader to develop a clear understanding of the scope and objectives of health policy studies, to analyze the extent to which policies can be changed or influenced by those involved at the different stages of the policy process, and to assess both the need and the scope for change. The author considers the relationship between planning and policy, looks at key concepts in analyzing health care issues, and examines some of the debates overshadowing today's health policy agenda.
The Health Care Policy Process enables the reader to develop a clear understanding of the scope and objectives of health policy studies, to analyze th...
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631,81 |
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The Health Care Policy Process
ISBN: 9780803976283 / Angielski / Miękka / 208 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The Health Care Policy Process enables the reader to develop a clear understanding of the scope and objectives of health policy studies, to analyze the extent to which policies can be changed or influenced by those involved at the different stages of the policy process, and to assess both the need and the scope for change. The author considers the relationship between planning and policy, looks at key concepts in analyzing health care issues, and examines some of the debates overshadowing today's health policy agenda.
The Health Care Policy Process enables the reader to develop a clear understanding of the scope and objectives of health policy studies, to analyze th...
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303,66 |
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Social Work Competences: Core Knowledge, Values and Skills
ISBN: 9780803978003 / Angielski / Miękka / 240 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Addresses the issues in competences, skills and knowledge which form the basis of all social work courses in the UK. Initial chapters cover the knowledge base, values and core skills of social work, whilst the remainder are concerned with specific applications.
Addresses the issues in competences, skills and knowledge which form the basis of all social work courses in the UK. Initial chapters cover the knowle...
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274,27 |
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Counselling Couples
ISBN: 9780803984219 / Angielski / Miękka / 190 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In recent years, there has been an increasing interest in applying the systemic ways of working developed in the context of family therapy to couples work, but without a corresponding body of literature to foster and support this. Therefore any additions... are welcome. This publication benefits from an approach which makes systemic ideas comprehensible and approachable to those not familiar with them... an accessible introduction' - "Sexual and Marital Therapy
" Individuals within a couple relationship are asked by their partner to fulfil a multitude of needs - for example, for... In recent years, there has been an increasing interest in applying the systemic ways of working developed in the context of family therapy to couples ...
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239,94 |
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Social Work in the 21st Century
ISBN: 9780803990913 / Angielski / Miękka / 448 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This collection of original essays from leaders in the profession comments on the current state of social work in the United States, and how it ought to change, in light of social change in the US and the world as a whole. This collection of original essays from leaders in the profession comments on the current state of social work in the United States, and how it oug... |
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651,40 |
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Communication and Community
ISBN: 9780805831382 / Angielski / Twarda / 306 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This text addresses the intricacies of the relationship between the complex terms of communication and community by bringing together both new and established voices from across the areas of communication studies to offer analyses of communication and community in diverse contexts. Taken together, the chapters offer a broad examination of the dynamics of communication and community which are often identified but are rarely theorized adequately. Because the relationship between communication and community is both powerful and subtle, many participants in the volume have ventured beyond their...
This text addresses the intricacies of the relationship between the complex terms of communication and community by bringing together both new and est...
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710,17 |
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Who Cares?: Rediscovering Community
ISBN: 9780813332086 / Angielski / Miękka / 192 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. A wonderfully engaging and accessible book, Who Cares? emphasizes finding humane responses to developmentally and physically disabled individuals that are community driven rather than solely reliant on problem-solution oriented social service organizations. David Schwartz examines the roles of both informal communities and sectarian communities for examples and practical techniques that can be applied to the reader's situation. The beautifully written, touching accounts of individual lives swept under the carpet of the social services system make it impossible to read this book without...
A wonderfully engaging and accessible book, Who Cares? emphasizes finding humane responses to developmentally and physically disabled individua...
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254,64 |
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Health Work with the Poor: A Practical Guide
ISBN: 9780813527772 / Angielski / Twarda / 256 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Christie Kiefer vividly brings home the meaning of poverty in peoples' lives as he examines both their access to--and their lack of--health care. Aimed at both students and professionals in the field, this book argues that individuals serving the poor have the means and obligation to address the root causes of ill health of the poor, not just the symptoms. These causes, Kiefer argues, are overwhelmingly social and political. In a ringing indictment of the factors that perpetuate poverty, he declares that the work of healing at its best must include advocacy. Health Work with the...
Christie Kiefer vividly brings home the meaning of poverty in peoples' lives as he examines both their access to--and their lack of--health care. ...
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117,50 |
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Under the Cover of Kindness: The Invention of Social Work
ISBN: 9780813917139 / Angielski / Twarda / 216 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In Under the Cover of Kindness, Leslie Margolin looks at how this country's social welfare system developed and with what results. From his detailed examination of social work texts, primarily case histories, he argues persuasively that social work disguises its own assumptions and claims to power as a way of further legitimizing its actions. By attending to these case histories, Margolin shows how social work entails not only the intrusion into the previously private space of the home but also the constant justification of this intervention - to both clients and workers themselves... In Under the Cover of Kindness, Leslie Margolin looks at how this country's social welfare system developed and with what results. From his ... |
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225,30 |
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Birthmarks: Transracial Adoption in Contemporary America
ISBN: 9780814766811 / Angielski / Twarda / 236 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Can White parents teach their Black children African American culture and history? Can they impart to them the survival skills necessary to survive in the racially stratified United States? Concerns over racial identity have been at the center of controversies over transracial adoption since the 1970s, as questions continually arise about whether White parents are capable of instilling a positive sense of African American identity in their Black children. - An] empathetic study of meanings of cross-racial adoption to adoptees- Can White parents teach their Black children African American culture and history? Can they impart to them the survival skills necessary to survive... |
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347,74 |
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Birthmarks: Transracial Adoption in Contemporary America
ISBN: 9780814766828 / Angielski / Miękka / 236 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Can White parents teach their Black children African American culture and history? Can they impart to them the survival skills necessary to survive in the racially stratified United States? Concerns over racial identity have been at the center of controversies over transracial adoption since the 1970s, as questions continually arise about whether White parents are capable of instilling a positive sense of African American identity in their Black children. - An] empathetic study of meanings of cross-racial adoption to adoptees- Can White parents teach their Black children African American culture and history? Can they impart to them the survival skills necessary to survive... |
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137,09 |
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Women and the American Legal Order
ISBN: 9780815325154 / Angielski / Twarda / 356 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. First Published in 1997. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
First Published in 1997. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
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489,77 |
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Social Work Constructivist Research
ISBN: 9780815325529 / Angielski / Twarda / 310 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This textbook offers an articulation of the dimensions of constructivism relevant to social work practice and research.
This textbook offers an articulation of the dimensions of constructivism relevant to social work practice and research.
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618,66 |
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Social Work Constructivist Research
ISBN: 9780815325673 / Angielski / Miękka / 310 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. First published in 1998. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
First published in 1998. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
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252,57 |
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Youth in Foster Care: The Shortcomings of Child Protection Services
ISBN: 9780815330202 / Angielski / Twarda / 160 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Examines the plight of minority children taken from inner cities and placed in foster care in rural areas. Based on case studies, interviews, observation, and secondary sources, shows how they become confused and afraid, are subject to traumatic emotional states, and are often diagnosed with emotio
Examines the plight of minority children taken from inner cities and placed in foster care in rural areas. Based on case studies, interviews, observat...
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734,66 |
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Mother Donit Fore the Best: Correspondence of a Nineteenth-Century Orphan Asylum
ISBN: 9780815603412 / Angielski / Miękka / 206 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. These letters from the Albany Orphan Asylum in New York demonstrate how institutions in the late 19th century provided a social service. The volume comprises letters from parents to their children and to the asylum superintendents, as well as letters from children placed out to indenture.
These letters from the Albany Orphan Asylum in New York demonstrate how institutions in the late 19th century provided a social service. The volume co...
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76,88 |
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Child Protection: Using Research to Improve Policy and Practice
ISBN: 9780815735137 / Angielski / Miękka / 268 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The National Survey of Child and Adolescent Well-Being (NSCAW) is the first nationally representative study of children who have been reported to authorities as suspected victims of abuse or neglect and the public programs that protect them. Child Protection is the first book that reports the results of NSCAW, interprets the findings, and puts them into a broader policy context. The authors, all experts in child welfare issues, address a range of issues made apparent by the survey results, including which types of personal and familial problems the programs are meant to address, the... The National Survey of Child and Adolescent Well-Being (NSCAW) is the first nationally representative study of children who have been reported to a... |
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122,44 |
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Unitas: Building Healing Communities for Children
ISBN: 9780823216864 / Angielski / Miękka / 214 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Unitas is an outreach therapeutic program serving Hispanic and African American children in the South Bronx. It is a complex institutional structure based upon philosophical, psychological, and sociological views of how interpersonal relations can be shaped in the interest of a child's healthy social and emotional life. To acheive what Unitas calls the healing of the child's brokeness, the program has created a network of symbolic families composed of children and teenagers living in the same neighborhoods. The teenagers play the roles of symbolic and surrogate parents and become the...
Unitas is an outreach therapeutic program serving Hispanic and African American children in the South Bronx. It is a complex institutional structure b...
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137,09 |
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Cognitive Behavior Therapy in Clinical Social Work Practice
ISBN: 9780826102157 / Angielski / Twarda / 648 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Edited by a leading social work authority and a master CBT clinician, this first-of-its-kind handbook provides the foundations and training that social workers need to master cognitive behavior therapy. From traditional techniques to new techniques such as mindfulness meditation and the use of DBT, the contributors ensure a thorough and up-to-date presentation of CBT. Covered are the most common disorders encountered when working with adults, children, families, and couples including: -Anxiety disorders -Depression -Personality disorder -Sexual and physical abuse -Substance misuse -Grief and...
Edited by a leading social work authority and a master CBT clinician, this first-of-its-kind handbook provides the foundations and training that socia...
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386,61 |