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| Summary | |
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| Key Terms | |
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| References | |
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| Suggested Readings follow each chapter | |
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| Preface | |
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| Social Welfare as a Response to Societal Concern | |
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| An Introduction to the Social Welfare System in the United States | |
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| Human Needs | |
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| Societal Responses | |
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| Development of the U.S. Social Welfare System | |
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| Motivators of Social Welfare Decisions | |
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| Social Change | |
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| Paradigms, Ideology, and Social Change | |
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| Society as a Social System | |
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| Change as It Affects the Societal System | |
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| Social Change as It Affects Individuals and Families | |
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| Empowerment, Social Work, and Social Change | |
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| Poverty, Human Needs, and Social Welfare | |
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| What Is Poverty? | |
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| Who Are the Poor? | |
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| Causes of Poverty | |
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| Discovery and Rediscovery of Poverty: Societal Responses | |
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| Professional Responses to Poverty | |
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| Social Welfare Resources | |
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| Need for Resources | |
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| Range of Resources | |
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| Life Span Needs | |
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| Social Support | |
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| Prevention | |
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| Availability of Resources | |
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| Discrimination and Racism | |
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| Prejudice, Discrimination, and Racism: Definitions | |
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| Causes of Discrimination and Racism | |
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| Individual Factors | |
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| Discrimination Toward African Americans | |
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| Discrimination Toward Native Americans | |
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| Discrimination Toward Hispanic Americans | |
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| Discrimination Toward Asian Americans | |
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| Discrimination Toward Other Groups | |
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| Social Welfare Responses to Racism and Discrimination | |
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| Two Attributes of The Social Welfare System: Social Work And Fields of Practice | |
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| The Emergence of the Social Work Profession Within Social Welfare | |
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| Roots of Social Work | |
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| A Profession: Social Work | |
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| Further Professionalization: The Establishment of Professional Organizations | |
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| The Emergence of Education for Social Work | |
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| The Nature of Contemporary Social Work Practice | |
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| Social Work's Knowledge Base | |
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| Social Work, a Value-Based Profession | |
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| The Skills of Social Work | |
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| Methods and Approaches of Social Work Practice | |
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| Fields of Practice: An Organizing Framework for Practice | |
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| Income Maintenance as a Response to Human Needs | |
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| What Is Income Maintenance? | |
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| Precursors of Income Maintenance Programs | |
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| Current Income Maintenance Programs | |
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| Alternatives to Income MaintenanceWelfare Reform | |
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| Housing Problems, Programs, and Services | |
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| The Role of Social Work in Income Maintenance Services | |
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| Child Welfare Services | |
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| The Scope of Child Welfare Services | |
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| The Historical Development of Services to Children | |
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| Current Concerns and Problems | |
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| Current Child Welfare Services | |
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| Intervention Approaches and Roles of Social Workers in Protective Services | |
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| Other In-Home Services for Children | |
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| Substitute Care Services for Children | |
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| Health Care and Social Welfare | |
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| Health Care and the Social Welfare System | |
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| Social Services and Social Policy in Health Care | |
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| Social Work in Health Care | |
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| Issues in the Relationship of Health Care and Social Welfare | |
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| Social Welfare and Mental Health | |
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| Definition of Mental Health Services | |
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| Development of Mental Health Services | |
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| The Developmentally Disabled | |
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| Substance Abuse | |
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| History of Social Work in Mental Health | |
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| The Social Worker in the Mental Health Setting | |
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| Current Issues and Concerns in the Mental Health Field | |