Social Work articles from October 2005

Social Work archives from October 2005

Social justice: social work's organizing value.(Editorial)
October 1, 2005... By virtue of the authority delegated to me, I confer upon you the degree of Master of Arts (in Social Service Administration), and I express the hope that your work will promote the welfare of individuals and the achievement of a socially just...

Social work roles and activities regarding psychiatric medication: results of a national survey.
October 1, 2005... For decades, a growing literature, largely conceptual in nature, has argued for the expansion of social work roles regarding psychiatric medication, and a concomitant increase in content on psychopharmacology in social work education. For...

Conflict in the workplace: social workers as victims and perpetrators.
October 1, 2005... The social work profession has long been involved with the issues of aggression, conflict, and violence. Child abuse, domestic violence, crime and punishment, gang violence, and community and school safety are examples of the types of...

Historical and contemporary issues in end-of-life decisions: implications for social work.
October 1, 2005... In 1997 the state of Oregon legalized physician-assisted suicide in which physicians can prescribe a lethal dose of medication at the request of terminally ill individuals who want to end their lives. By implementing the Death with Dignity Act...

Documentation in social work: evolving ethical and risk-management standards.
October 1, 2005... Throughout social work's history, practitioners have recognized and appreciated the usefulness of recording their encounters with clients (Aptekar, 1960; Frings, 1957; Kagle, 1984,1987, 1991, 1995a; Little, 1949; Timms, 1972; Urbanowski, 1974;...

Helping victims of terrorism: what makes social work effective?
October 1, 2005... Terrorism is a worldwide problem. Studies conducted among adults who were exposed to political violence in Bosnia and Croatia (Grgic, Mandic, Koic, & Knezevic, 2002), Palestine and Israel (Baker & Kevorkian, 1995; Shamai, 2001), and the United...

A critical analysis of the emerging crisis in long-term care for people with developmental disabilities.
October 1, 2005... Profound changes in attitudes toward people with developmental disabilities have occurred during the past four decades in the United States. The once widely held view that these individuals were a burden and needed to be segregated and...

Cybersolace: technology built on emotion.(PRACTICE UPDATE)
October 1, 2005... With the introduction of "cybersolace" (Klemm, Hurst, Dearholt, & Thorne Trone, 1999), another word has been added to the lexicon of Internet language--a word and concept, which is both immersed in technology and emotion. Cybersolace may be...

Coaching and social work: challenges and concerns.
October 1, 2005... Coaching" has rapidly grown in the past five years (Grodzki, 2002), and clinical social work practitioners are increasingly considering coaching as an alternative or additional mode of practice (Valliantos, 2001). It is seen as an opportunity...

Mental illness stigma: problem of public health or social justice?(Column)
October 1, 2005... The U.S. Surgeon General's report on mental health,(1999) and the report of President Bush s New Freedom Commission on Mental Health (2003) highlighted the public health impact of mental illness stigma. Using a medical model, several education...

Changing Welfare Services: Case Studies in Local Welfare Reform Programs.(Book review)
October 1, 2005... Changing Welfare Services: Case Studies in Local Welfare Reform Programs. Michael J. Austin (Editor). Binghamton, NY: Haworth Press, 2004, 417 pages. ISBN: 0-7890-2313-X $69.95 hardback; ISBN: 0-7890-2314-8 $39.95 paperback. Professor...

Transformation of the Welfare State: The Silent Surrender of Public Responsibility.(Book review)
October 1, 2005... Transformation of the Welfare State: The Silent Surrender of Public Responsibility. Neil Gilbert. New York: Oxford University Press, 2004, 220 pages. ISBN: 0-19-517657-X $16.95 paperback. This is the most important book on social welfare...

The New Victorians: Poverty, Politics, and Propaganda in Two Gilded Ages.(Book review)
October 1, 2005... The New Victorians: Poverty, Politics, and Propaganda in Two Gilded Ages. Stephen Pimpare. New York: New Press, 2004, 304 pages. ISBN: 1-56584-839-X $25.95 hardback. Poverty and its seeming intractability has long been a societal concern...

Psychodynamic Social Work.(Book review)
October 1, 2005... Psychodynamic Social Work. Jerrold R. Brandell (Editor). New York: Columbia University Press, 2004, 252 pages. ISBN: 0-231-12636-0 $55.00 hardback. Psychodynamic Social Work covers a vast array of theoretical and clinical topics: the...

Epistemological frameworks, homosexuality, and religion.(Letter to the editor)
October 1, 2005... I am an old time social worker (Bryn Mawr, MA 1940), retired since 1985, but am still interested in our world and our work and an avid reader of professional journals. Recently I have been troubled by some issues generated by the Faith-Based...