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The call to social work : life stories / Craig Winston LeCroy.
LIBRA HV40 .L38 2012
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- LeCroy, Craig W.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Social service.
- Social workers.
- Physical Description:
- xxv, 129 pages ; 23 cm
- Edition:
- Second edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Thousand Oaks, Calif. : SAGE, [2012]
- Summary:
- LeCroy (social work, Arizona State U.) collects first-person stories based on interviews with social workers of different ages, regions, and racial and social backgrounds about their work that detail why they chose social work, how they gain meaning from their work, and what they struggle with as they provide services, as well as their personal missions and difficulties, the issues of ethics and justice, the role of compassion, how they build community connections, and the challenges and joys of practice. This edition has a new introduction on the narratives' themes, newer stories, and short summaries and guiding questions. There is no index. Annotation ©2012 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references.
- ISBN:
- 9781412987936
- 1412987938
- OCLC:
- 722452570
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