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| Preface | |
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| The Profession of Social Work | |
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| Social Work: A Helping Profession | |
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| Who Are Social Workers? | |
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| What Do Social Workers Do? | |
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| What Is the Purpose of Social Work? | |
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| How Are Social Work and Social Welfare Related? | |
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| How Is Social Work an Empowering Profession? | |
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| Looking Forward | |
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| An Evolving Profession | |
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| The Emergence of Social Work as a Profession | |
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| Defining Social Work as a Profession | |
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| The Quest for Professional Status | |
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| The Common Base of Social Work Practice | |
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| Tenets for the Social Work Profession | |
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| Looking Forward | |
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| Social Work and Social Systems | |
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| The Ecosystems Perspective | |
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| Social Functioning | |
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| Client Systems in Social Work | |
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| Social Work Methods | |
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| Looking Forward | |
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| The Social Service Delivery System | |
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| Social Service Settings | |
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| The Funding of Services | |
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| Staffing Patterns | |
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| Self-Help Groups as Resources | |
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| Service Delivery Issues | |
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| Looking Forward | |
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| Social Work Perspectives | |
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| Values and Ethics in Social Work | |
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| Values and Ethics | |
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| The Foundation of Professional Social Work Values | |
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| The Value Context of Social Work | |
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| Social Work Codes of Ethics | |
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| Ethical Principles for Social Work | |
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| Looking Forward | |
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| Social Work and Social Justice | |
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| Human Rights in Society | |
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| Social Injustice: The "Isms" | |
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| The Bases of Social Injustice | |
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| Effects of Social Injustice | |
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| Opportunities, Obstacles, and Empowerment | |
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| Social Work's Mandate for Social Justice | |
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| Looking Forward | |
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| Diversity and Social Work | |
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| Diversity and Minority Status | |
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| Racial and Ethnic Diversity | |
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| Religious Diversity | |
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| Sexual Diversity | |
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| Social Work with Diverse Populations | |
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| Looking Forward | |
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| Generalist Social Work | |
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| Empowering Processes for Social Work Practice | |
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| An Empowerment-Based Generic Process of Social Work Practice | |
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| Forming Partnerships | |
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| Articulating Situations | |
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| Defining Directions | |
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| Identifying Strengths | |
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| Assessing Resource Capabilities | |
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| Framing Solutions | |
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| Implementing Action Plans | |
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| Recognizing Success | |
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| Integrating Gains | |
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| Looking Forward | |
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| Social Work Functions and Roles | |
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| A Generalist Approach | |
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| Consultancy | |
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| Resource Management | |
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| Education | |
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| Integrating Practice, Policy, and Research | |
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| Looking Forward | |
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| Social Work and Social Policy | |
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| Social Policy | |
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| Social Policy and Political Ideologies | |
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| Social Work and Social Policy | |
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| Street-Level Services | |
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| Public Welfare Policy in the Twentieth Century | |
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| Current Public Welfare Programs | |
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| Looking Forward | |
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| Contemporary Issues in Fields of Practice | |
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| Social Work in the Public Domain | |
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| Social Work and Poverty | |
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| Social Work and Homelessness | |
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| Social Work and Unemployment | |
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| Social Work in Criminal Justice | |
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| Concluding Remarks | |
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| Social Work in Health, Rehabilitation, and Mental Health | |
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| Social Work in Health Systems | |
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| Social Work and Genetics | |
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| Social Work and AIDS | |
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| Social Work and Physical Disabilities | |
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| Social Work and Developmental Disabilities | |
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| Social Work and Mental Health | |
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| Social Work and Chemical Dependency | |
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| Concluding Remarks | |
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| Social Work with Families and Youths | |
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| The Contemporary Family | |
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| Child Maltreatment | |
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| Child Welfare Services | |
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| Social Work in the Schools | |
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| Specialized Services for Adolescents | |
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| Concluding Remarks | |
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| Adult and Aging Services | |
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| Services for Adults | |
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| Intimate Partner Violence | |
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| Elder Abuse | |
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| Services for Older Adults | |
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| Concluding Remarks | |
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| Epilogue | |
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| Code of Ethics of the National Association of Social Workers | |
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| A Code of Ethics for Radical Social Service Workers | |
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| References | |
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| Name Index | |
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| Subject Index | |