Social Work articles from October 2000

Social Work archives from October 2000

Writing Social Work.(Editorial)
October 1, 2000... I am sitting on a hard wooden chair with a small round seat. My laptop computer sits stoically in front of me on a smooth wooden table scattered with papers and diskettes. Although it is June the temperature gauge just outside my large window...

Hidden Voices.(social work)
October 1, 2000... Despite the rich history of care that has characterized the profession, social work has not been able to convey adequately its knowledge of the modest yet complex tasks involved in its role of social caretaking. The dominant voice of the formal...

Reflections on Empowerment-Based Practice.
October 1, 2000... Social work education presents students with theories for understanding human beings and the social-historical contexts they share. These assumptions are supposed to make social workers' roles, practices, and agencies make sense. But where do...

Lessons Learned about Working with Men: A Prison Memoir.
October 1, 2000... From the very beginning of my career as a social worker, I have believed that the fullest and most effective use of self requires an integration of personal, professional, and spiritual-political values and beliefs into a framework that...

Riding the Mental Health Pendulum: Mixed Messages in the Era of Neurobiology and Seif-Heip Movements.
October 1, 2000... Whereas professional disagreement about optimum mental health treatment is commonly understood, recognized, and discussed, the influence of opposing philosophies on patients is less often addressed. This article examines the long-term distress...

"Being" Native versus "Going Native": Conducting Social Work Research as an Insider.
October 1, 2000... The increasing cultural diversity among professional social workers has resulted in the need to examine critically some of the earlier notions about the epistemology, ontology, and methodology of social work research and practice. One outcome...

Confronting Stigma within the Services System.
October 1, 2000... Stigma is a major problem for many clients of social work services, particularly people who are labeled with mental retardation (Mackelprang & Salsgiver, 1996; Schwartz, 1992; Witkin, 1998). Stigma problems interfere with people's opportunities...

What Is the Role of Hypertechnology in Social Work Today?
October 1, 2000... There is little doubt that professional communication in social work is being transformed by hypertechnology (Gandy & Tepperman, 1990; Howard, 1995; Saleebey, 1991). Discussions about hypertechnology in the social work literature have for the...

Say It Ain't So, Norm! Reflections on Who We Are.
October 1, 2000... Norm, an ABC sitcom that first aired in spring 1999 featuring a "social worker" as the lead character, set off a not-surprising reaction among professional social workers. Social work listservs and Web sites have been abuzz with commentary,...

Letters.
October 1, 2000... Responses to Life after Death with Dignity: The Oregon Experience With the many articles I have read in this journal, few have disturbed me as much as Pamela J. Miller's Life after Death with Dignity: The Oregon Experience (May 2000, Pp....