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Social work with disabled people / Michael Oliver, Bob Sapey, Pam Thomas.
Van Pelt Library HV1559.G7 O38 2012
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Oliver, Michael, 1945-2019.
- Series:
- Practical social work
- Practical social work series.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Social work with people with disabilities.
- Great Britain.
- Social work with people with disabilities--Great Britain.
- Disabled Persons.
- United Kingdom.
- Social Work--organization & administration.
- Community Health Services.
- Medical Subjects:
- Disabled Persons.
- United Kingdom.
- Social Work--organization & administration.
- Community Health Services.
- Physical Description:
- xiv, 189 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.
- Edition:
- Fourth edition.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2012.
- Summary:
- "The fourth edition of this respected text offers thoroughly revised and updated material by a team of respected authors. The ever-evolving roles of the social worker, the public, and the disabled person in terms of policy formulation are explored against the contemporary backdrop of the social work framework within the UK"-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Introduction: Setting the scene
- Social work and disability: old and new directions
- Impairment, disability and research
- Relationships and families
- Independent living and personal assistance
- Independent living: The wider social policy and legal context
- Independent living: vulnerability and safeguarding
- Conclusion: future directions.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 168-185) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780230297951
- 0230297951
- OCLC:
- 748328591
- Publisher Number:
- 99981758379
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