TY  - BOOK
AU  - DiNitto, Diana M.
AU  - McNeece, Carl Aaron.
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TI  - : issues and opportunities in a challenging profession 
SN  - 130638277
SN  - 2
PY  - 1997///];copyright 1997.46
CY  - Boston
PB  - Allyn and Bacon
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KW  - 2
KW  - 0
KW  - 6
KW  - 20
KW  - Social service
KW  - United States
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (p. 353-397) and indexes; Origins of a diverse profession -- Educating and credentialing social workers -- In search of social work theory -- A new look at traditional social work methods: Positioning the profession for the future -- Contemporary social work methods: beyond direct practice -- Social work's response to mental illness -- New directions in social work's response to alcohol and other drug abuse -- Meeting the crisis in health care -- Developmental disabilities: striving toward inclusion -- Services to vulnerable children and their families -- Social work faces the graying of America  -- Poverty: Improving the quality of life for America's poor -- Seeking justice for clients in the legal system -- Social work and the occupational arena -- Toward cultural competence: Social work, ethnicity, and culture -- Lesbians, gay men, bisexuals, and social work practice -- A feminist perspective on social work -- Is there a future for social work?; 5
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