Unfaithful Angels How Social Work Has Abandoned Its Mission

Name: Unfaithful Angels How Social Work Has Abandoned Its Mission
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ISBN: 9780029303559

ISBN-10: 0029303559

ISBN-13: 9780029303559

Edition: 1994

Authors: Harry Specht, Mark E. Courtney

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In this provocative examination of the fall of the profession of social work from its original mission to aid and serve the underprivileged, Harry Specht and Mark Courtney show how America's excessive trust in individualistic solutions to social problems have led to the abandonment of the poor in this country. A large proportion of all certified social workers today have left the social services to enter private practice, thereby turning to the middle class -- those who can afford psychotherapy -- and away from the poor. As Specht and Courtney persuasively demonstrate, if social work continues to drift in this direction there is good reason to expect that the profession will be entirely…

Book details

List price: $22.95
Copyright year: 1994
Publisher: Free Press
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 300
Size: 6.50" wide x 9.50" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 1.034
Language: English



Preface



Social Work and Psychotherapy in the American Community



Psychotherapy: Magic, Religion, or Science?



The Emergence of Social Work as a Profession



Social Work, the Siren Call of Psychiatry, and the Growth of the Welfare State



The Movement of Social Work into Private Practice (and Away from the Poor)



Social Work in the Twenty-first Century: Replacing Psychotherapy with Community Education



A Proposal for a Community-Based System of Social Care


Notes


Index