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Science and Social Work : A Critical Appraisal / William J. Reid, Stuart Kirk.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: New York, NY : Columbia University Press, [2002]Copyright date: ©2002Description: 1 online resource (240 p.)Content type:
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ISBN:
  • 9780231118255
  • 9780231529235
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 361.3 361.3015
LOC classification:
  • HV40 .K462
Other classification:
  • online - DeGruyter
Online resources: Available additional physical forms:
  • Issued also in print.
Contents:
Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- 1. Knowledge, Science, and the Profession of Social Work -- 2. Science and Social Work: A Historical Perspective -- 3. Client Problems as Organizing Foci for Knowledge -- 4. The Scientific Model in Practice: The 1960s and Beyond -- 5. Engineering Social Work Intervention -- 6. Computer-Assisted Social Work Practice: The Promise of Technology -- 7. Research-Based Practice -- 8. Research Dissemination and Utilization: Spreading the Word -- 9. Knowledge for Practice: Issues and Challenges -- References -- Name index -- Subject index
Summary: Science and Social Work is a critical appraisal of the strategies and methods that have been used to develop knowledge for social work practice. It identifies the major ways in which social workers have drawn upon scientific knowledge and techniques, placing each one in historical perspective by explaining the nature of the problems it was designed to solve and the philosophical, political, and practical questions it raised. Kirk and Reid offer a balanced appraisal of the promises, accomplishments, and limits of such approaches, demonstrating how the fruits of scientific research can aid clinical practice with individuals, families and groups.
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Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- 1. Knowledge, Science, and the Profession of Social Work -- 2. Science and Social Work: A Historical Perspective -- 3. Client Problems as Organizing Foci for Knowledge -- 4. The Scientific Model in Practice: The 1960s and Beyond -- 5. Engineering Social Work Intervention -- 6. Computer-Assisted Social Work Practice: The Promise of Technology -- 7. Research-Based Practice -- 8. Research Dissemination and Utilization: Spreading the Word -- 9. Knowledge for Practice: Issues and Challenges -- References -- Name index -- Subject index

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Science and Social Work is a critical appraisal of the strategies and methods that have been used to develop knowledge for social work practice. It identifies the major ways in which social workers have drawn upon scientific knowledge and techniques, placing each one in historical perspective by explaining the nature of the problems it was designed to solve and the philosophical, political, and practical questions it raised. Kirk and Reid offer a balanced appraisal of the promises, accomplishments, and limits of such approaches, demonstrating how the fruits of scientific research can aid clinical practice with individuals, families and groups.

Issued also in print.

Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.

In English.

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