Cross-Cultural Practice, Second Edition

Social Work With Diverse Populations

Häftad, Engelska, 2007

Av Karen Harper-Dorton, Jim Lantz, West Virginia University) Harper-Dorton, Karen (Director of the Burgess Center for West Virginia Families and Communities, Director of the Burgess Center for West Virginia Families and Communities, Ohio State University College of Social Work) Lantz, Jim (Professor and Counselor Educator, Professor and Counselor Educator

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Cultural awareness in the helping professions is crucial to providing the best possible care. In this expanded new edition of Cross-Cultural Practice, the authors uniquely present factors common to diverse ethnic and cultural populations that are useful in building cross-cultural competence. Building on the existential concepts of Victor Frankl, the text provides a framework for helping families and individuals discover meaning and meaning opportunities indaily living.The book is organized into chapters dedicated to specific population profiles. New chapters give an overview of key concepts used throughout the book and summarize the authors' theoretical approach toward cross-cultural practice.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum2007-06-01
Mått154 x 228 x 13 mm
Vikt322 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor220
Upplaga2
FörlagOxford University Press Inc
ISBN9780190615796

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Karen Harper-Dorton (PhD, The Ohio State University; MSW, West Virginia University) is director of the Burgess Center for West Virginia Families and Communities at West Virginia University. She has published extensively in the areas of logotherapy and rural America. Professor Harper-Dorton has served as a consultant, trainer, and supervisor to a variety of social work agencies in the Midwest.Jim Lantz (PhD, MSW, The Ohio State University) (d. 2003) was a professor and counselor educator at the Ohio State University College of Social Work. He published extensively in the areas of existential family therapy and cross-cultural social work practice. Professor Lantz was elected graduate teacher of the year by the students at the Ohio State University College of Social work eight times, and in 2000 was presented with the Lifetime Achievement Award by the OhioChapter of the National Association of Social Workers.

This updated edition builds on the first edition and retains its benefits: the distinctive existential perspective on diversity and on helping diverse groups, the use of actual case material to illustrate the existential challenges and curative factors, and the message that the authors are passionately and intelligently committed to helping social workers better serve vulnerable and oppressed groups." James Forte, Salisbury University