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Social Work articles from March 1998
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Social Work archives from March 1998
Promoting same-race adoption for children of color.
March 1, 1998... Opponents of policies to protect same-race adoption for children of color assert that it is necessary to lift all restrictions on transracial adoption (alternately referred to as "interracial," "interethnic," or "transethnic" adoption) of the...
Mediation in kinship care: another step in the provision of culturally relevant child welfare services.
March 1, 1998... Many pressing issues face the U.S. child welfare system. The system is being inundated with children in need of homes at a time when traditional foster placements are difficult to find (National Commission on Family Foster Care, 1991). An...
Marital conflict management: gender and ethnic differences.
March 1, 1998... This article discusses how spouses in marital relationships that had lasted for more than 20 years managed conflict (Mackey & O'Brien, 1995). The focus of the discussion is on gender and ethnicity influences on modes of coping with conflict...
Psychological and spiritual growth in women living with HIV.
March 1, 1998... As of 1996, more than 70,000 women have been diagnosed with AIDS. In 1995 women accounted for 19 percent of new adult and adolescent AIDS cases, the highest yearly percentage ever. Women, and particularly women of color, are the fastest growing...
Prototypes of social work political participation: an empirical model.
March 1, 1998... Since the founding of the profession, social workers have been urged to assume a key role in social welfare policy. Despite this, the profession remains "at war with itself about the extent to which it should engage in matters of social justice...
Making meaning of Alcoholics Anonymous for social workers: myths, metaphors, and realities.
March 1, 1998... The meaning of the term "Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) varies, depending on how one sees oneself in relation to this increasingly popular mutual-help program for alcoholics. (The word "alcoholic" is used in this article to refer to someone dependent...
HIV/AIDS in a Puerto Rican/Dominican community: a collaborative project with a botanical shop.
March 1, 1998... The spread of HIV/AIDS in the Latino community in the United States and Puerto Rico has been extensive, affecting thousands of individuals, families, and communities (Chachkes & Jennings, 1994; Jackson, 1989; Lambert, 1990a, 1990b; Marin, 1996)....
How Good is Family Therapy? A Reassessment.
March 1, 1998... This carefully and thoughtfully written book, deceptively slender (at least in its paperback version), is a massive review of outcomes research on the effectiveness of family therapy. It begins by reminding the reader, "The new element introduced...
Bettelheim: A Life and a Legacy.
March 1, 1998... Bruno Bettelheim was a significant figure in mental health for many years. From the publication of his paper about concentration camp inmates in the 1940s until his suicide in 1990, Bettelheim was a man to be reckoned with. He was a controversial...