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| Preface | |
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| Social Work Practice With Special Populations | |
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| An Overview of Special Populations | |
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| Ecosystems Model | |
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| Selected Characteristics of Special Populations | |
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| Social Work Practice with Women | |
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| Current Demographics | |
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| Ecosystems Perspective | |
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| Intervention Strategies | |
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| Emerging Issues and Trends | |
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| Concluding Comment | |
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| Social Work Practice with Lesbian, Gay, and Bisexual People | |
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| Current Demographics | |
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| Ecosystems Framework | |
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| Macro Practice with Lesbian, Gay, and Bisexual People | |
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| Micro Practice with Lesbian, Gay, and Bisexual People | |
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| Emerging Issues and Trends | |
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| Concluding Comment | |
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| Social Work Practice with Children and Youth | |
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| Current Demographics | |
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| The Ecosystems Model | |
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| A Micro Case Analysis | |
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| A Macro Case Example | |
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| Concluding Comment | |
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| Social Work Practice with the Elderly | |
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| General Population Figures | |
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| Ecosystems Model Analysis | |
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| Intervention Strategies with the Elderly | |
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| Mental Health and the Elderly | |
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| Emerging Issues and Trends | |
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| Concluding Comment | |
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| Social Work Practice with People with Disabilities | |
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| Social Work Practice with People with Disabilities | |
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| Defining Disability | |
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| Disability and the Minority Model | |
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| Societal Responses to Disability | |
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| The Ecosystems Model and People with Disabilities | |
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| Emerging Issues for Social Work Practice with People with Disabilities | |
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| Concluding Comment | |
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| The Rural, Urban, and Suburban Context of Social Work Practice | |
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| Social Work Practice in Rural Areas: Appalachia as a Case Example | |
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| Characteristics of the Rural United States | |
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| Social Welfare in Rural Areas | |
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| Implications for Social Work Practice in Rural Areas | |
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| Rural Social Work Practice in Appalachia | |
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| Social Welfare in Rural Appalachia | |
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| Concluding Comment | |
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| Urban and Suburban Gangs: The Psychosocial Crisis Spreads | |
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| Understanding Gangs | |
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| The Ecosystems Model | |
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| Urban and Suburban Gang Homicidal-Suicidal Behavior | |
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| Micro Intervention with Homicidal-Suicidal Gang Members | |
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| Macro Intervention with Gangs | |
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| Concluding Comment | |
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| Race, Ethnicity, and Culture in Special Populations | |
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| Social Work Practice with Asian Americans | |
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| Demographics | |
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| Health and Mental Health Risk Factors | |
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| Ethnic Group Stressors | |
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| Service Systems | |
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| Micro Practice Perspectives | |
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| Ecosystems Model Framework | |
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| Micro Case Example | |
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| Macro Practice Perspectives | |
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| Emerging Issues | |
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| Concluding Comment | |
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| Social Work Practice with American Indians and Alaskan Natives | |
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| Current Demographics | |
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| Ecosystems Framework | |
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| Micro Social Work Practice with American Indians | |
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| Macro Social Work Practice with Native Americans | |
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| The Future | |
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| Concluding Comment | |
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| Social Work Practice with Mexican Americans | |
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| Mexican Americans: A Heterogeneous Population | |
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| Demographic Profile | |
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| Mexican Americans (Latinos) in Social Work Literature | |
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| Ecosystems Model | |
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| Micro Social Work Practice | |
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| Macro Social Work Practice | |
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| Concluding Comment | |
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| Social Work Practice with African Americans | |
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| Responding to African American Needs | |
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| Who Are the African Americans? | |
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| African American Culture and Life-style | |
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| Social Work Intervention | |
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| The Problem-Solving Process | |
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| Concluding Comment | |
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| Social Work Practice with Puerto Ricans | |
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| Current Demographics | |
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| Health and Mental Health Risk Factors | |
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| General Data on Health Care and Puerto Ricans | |
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| Beliefs and Practices That Influence Puerto Ricans' Health | |
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| Ecosystems Perspective | |
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| Intervention Strategies | |
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| Concluding Comment | |
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| The Social Worker in Action | |
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| The Social Worker in Action: A High School Homicide Case | |
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| Background to the Case | |
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| Social Work Psychosocial Intervention | |
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| Applying Crisis Theory to the Tasks at Hand | |
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| Mobilizing Related Mental Health Disciplines | |
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| Dealing with the Media | |
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| A Town Tries to Heal | |
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| The Report: A Psychosocial Evaluation | |
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| The Report Is Challenged by the People | |
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| A Social Worker's Work Is Never Finished | |
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| Concluding Comment | |
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| Name Index | |
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| Subject Index | |