1 option
Critical social welfare issues : tools for social work and health care professionals / Arthur J. Katz, Abraham Lurie, Carlos Vidal, editors.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Public welfare--United States.
- Public welfare.
- Social service--Government policy.
- Social service.
- United States.
- Social service--Government policy--United States.
- Child welfare--United States.
- Child welfare.
- Medical care--United States.
- Medical care.
- Medical policy--United States.
- Medical policy.
- United States--Social policy.
- Social policy.
- United States--Economic policy.
- Economic policy.
- Physical Description:
- xv, 237 pages ; 23 cm
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Haworth Press, [1997]
- Summary:
- In Critical Social Welfare Issues, noted social welfare experts address paramount issues facing society and suggest recommendations for positive change. You'll find it to be a useful handbook in your professional life and recognize its value as a text for students studying social welfare policy and social work in health care. You'll gain valuable insight into topics such as welfare reform and homelessness in the U.S.; the changing structure of African-American families; the growing Hispanic population and the unique challenges they face; mandatory vs. voluntary HIV testing for newborns; the infrastructure of the social work profession; and the for-profit market system for social work and health care.
- Contents:
- Chapter 1 Class War and Welfare Reform / Richard A. Cloward, Frances Fox Piven 13
- Work and the New Class War 14
- Welfare and the New Class War 17
- Reinforcing Work Norms and the New Class War 27
- Chapter 2 Revisiting the Unseen: Some Unresolved Issues in Homeless Advocacy and Research / Kim Hopper 31
- The Limits of Special Pleading 35
- A Legacy of Disregard 41
- Conclusion: Queuing for Justice? 48
- Chapter 3 The Crisis in American Child Welfare / David Fanshel 53
- How Children View Their Welfare Moms 55
- Denying Housing to Mothers with Newborns 56
- Cutting Off Income Support from Stressed-Out Parents 57
- Young Parents: Key Players in the War Against Crime 59
- Child Welfare Implications of the Transformation of the Welfare System 60
- Accountability: A Moral Imperative 62
- Unintended Consequences of Social Policy Changes 62
- Predicting a Major Rise in Young Women Seeking Abortions 63
- Inviting a Social Disaster 64
- From Poverty to Misery 64
- Chapter 4 Mandatory versus Voluntary HIV Testing of Newborns / Nilsa S. Gutierrez 67
- HIV Principles of Care 70
- HIV and AIDS in New York Women and Children 73
- Voluntary HIV Counseling and Testing 74
- Current HIV Policy 77
- Chapter 5 The Changing Structure of African-American Families / Andrew Billingsley 79
- Family Structural Diversity 80
- Social-Class Diversity 87
- Chapter 6 From the Tenement Class to the Dangerous Class to the Underclass: Blaming Women for Social Problems / Mimi Abramovitz 95
- Moral Contagion 96
- Genetic Transmission 98
- Psychological Internalization 100
- Cultural Dissemination 104
- Conclusion: What the Future Holds 107
- Chapter 7 Health and Human Services for Profit / Joseph L. Vigilante 111
- Purpose 111
- The Caring Society 111
- Privatizing Social Care 113
- The Decline of America's Welfare State 116
- Value-Critical Analysis 118
- Chapter 8 Legal Regulation and Accreditation: Obstacles to Practice / Juan Ramos 129
- Triangular Models of Relationships 129
- Crises in the Field of Social Work 131
- Homelessness, HIV/AIDS, and Violence 132
- Managed Health Care 133
- Accreditation, Licensing, and Certification 135
- Research 141
- Chapter 9 Challenges of Managed Care for Health Professionals: Implications for Social Work Practice / Gary Rosenberg 143
- Chapter 10 The Substitution Phenomenon of Professionals in the Health Care Industry / Lorna S. McBarnette 161
- The Changing Health Care Environment 164
- The Organization of the Medical Care Sector 165
- State-Professional Relationships 167
- Strategies to Minimize the Challenges 168
- The Environment 169
- Professionalism 172
- Credentialing Issues 173
- Scientific Knowledge Base 176
- Health Care 178
- Chapter 11 Troubled Preschoolers Making Trouble Later: Is There a Solution? / Judith S. Bloch 183
- Who Are the Children? 184
- Blaming the Mothers 186
- Feelings of Powerlessness Are Pervasive 187
- Is There a Professional Response? 188
- Promising Interventions Require Enhancement of the Empowerment Process 188
- A Clinical Example: The Home/School Collaborative Model 189
- The Family-Friendly, Open School System 190
- Chapter 12 Cultural Diversity Among Hispanic Families: Implications for Practitioners / Carlos Vidal 199
- Hispanics and the Social Work Profession 199
- The Etic and Emic Perspectives 201
- Cultural Factors That Influence the Provision of Services to Hispanic Clients 204
- Meeting the Challenge of Diversity with Hispanic Clients 209
- Chapter 13 Power Issues in Social Work Practice / Ann Hartman 215
- Types of Power 216
- Postmodernism and Social Constructivism 218
- Recommendations for Social Work Practitioners and Education 223.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 0789001616
- OCLC:
- 36499023
The Penn Libraries is committed to describing library materials using current, accurate, and responsible language. If you discover outdated or inaccurate language, please fill out this feedback form to report it and suggest alternative language.