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Cultural Awareness in the Human Services A Multi-Ethnic Approach

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ISBN-10: 0205286321

ISBN-13: 9780205286324

Edition: 3rd 1999 (Revised)

Authors: James W. Green

List price: $161.60
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This book is distinguished by the anthropological or ethnographic approach to cross-cultural or multicultural social work practice. James Green is an anthropologist who brings a unique perspective to social work practice, moving well beyond cultural "sensitivity" to issues of professional practice. The book is based on an established model, that of "help-seeking behavior," that is also widely used in cross-cultural psychiatric and medical work. New topics addressed in this edition include the recent DSM-IV (with its first-time inclusion of a section on "cultural formations"); post-modernism in the social services, with its emphasis on narratives as a means of understanding cases; cultural…    
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Book details

List price: $161.60
Edition: 3rd
Copyright year: 1999
Publisher: Allyn & Bacon, Incorporated
Publication date: 6/1/1998
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 383
Size: 7.25" wide x 9.50" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 1.298
Language: English

Preface
Cultural Diversity and Social Services
Race, Ethnicity, and Social Services
Diversity and Human Services
Race and Culture
Ethnicity
Concepts of Ethnicity: Categorical and Transactional
Social Work-Ethnic Group Relationships
Social Work as an Ethnic Community
A Human Services Model of Cultural Competence
Postmodernism, an Emerging Approach
Help-Seeking Behavior: The Cultural Construction of Care
Care as a Cultural System
Help-Seeking Behavior: A Model for Cross-Cultural Service Relationships
DSM-IV and the Cultural Construction of Care
Cultural Competence as a Way of Working
Method in Cross-Cultural Social Work
Cross-Cultural Learning
Cultural Competence
Steps toward Cultural Competence
Empathy and Cultural Competence
Organizational Competence
Language and Cross-Cultural Social Work
Language and World View
Words, Meanings, and Client Perspectives
Language and Meaning
Interviewing for Emic Insight
Planning the Ethnographic Interview
Working with a Translator
Is Ethnographic Interviewing Therapeutic?
Narrative as Storied Insight
Constraints on Cross-Cultural Communication
Cultural Competence in Multicultural Contexts
Cross-Cultural Problem Resolution
Building the Critical Knowledge Base
Cultural Salience in Problem Solving
Individualizing the Client within Context
Cultural Competence and Power
Thinking and Working Comparatively
Getting from Here to There
American Ethnicity
African Americans, Diaspora, and Survival
"Roots" and African American Ethnicity
Variations in the African American Community
African Americans and Social Services
Ideology and Care
Cultural Contrasts and Competent Practice
Developing Skills for Service
Other Black Communities
American Indians in a New World
Who Is a Native American?
Contemporary Aspects of Native American Life
Native Americans and Social Services
The Special Case of Alcohol
Native American Suicide
Cultural Contrasts and Cultural Competence
Developing Skills for Service
Who Is a Native American?-Again
Latino Cultures and Their Continuity
Latino Diversity
Spanish-Speaking Communities and Social Services
Health, Illness, and Belief Systems
Cultural Contrasts and Cultural Competence
Family Life
Acculturation-Is it for Everybody?
Asians and Pacific Islanders
A Historical Overview
Adaptations to American Life
Social Service Needs among Asian Americans
Cultural Contrasts and Cultural Competence
The Chinese
The Japanese
Filipinos
The Vietnamese
Conclusion
Bibliography
Index