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Social Work articles from October 2006
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Social Work archives from October 2006
Workforce study falls short.(GUEST EDITORIAL)
October 1, 2006... A recent report, Assuring the Sufficiency of a Frontline Workforce: A National Study of Licensed Social Workers (2006), a project of NASW's Center for Workforce Studies and the Center for Health Workforce Studies at the State University of New...
Do unions matter? An examination of the historical and contemporary role of labor unions in the social work profession.
October 1, 2006... The labor movement in the United States is in a state of crisis. Union membership continues to drop. The union membership rate has steadily declined from a high of 20.1 percent in 1983 (the first year for which comparable union data are...
Using intergroup dialogue to promote social justice and change.
October 1, 2006... Social workers are not strangers to polarization and conflict, whether these phenomena manifest themselves in family or organizations, as personal discord, or as political dispute. Social work spans the internal--external, personal--political...
A template for spiritual assessment: a review of the JCAHO requirements and guidelines for implementation.(Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations)
October 1, 2006... Growing consensus exists that spiritual assessment is an important aspect of holistic service provision (Gilbert, 2000). Studies have repeatedly found that most practitioners affirm the importance of spiritual assessment (Canda & Furman, 1999;...
Dealing with the aftermath: a qualitative analysis of mental health social workers' reactions after a client suicide.
October 1, 2006... As the 13th leading cause of death worldwide, suicide is a global health concern (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention [CDC], 2004). In the United States, it is the 11th leading cause of death and continues to be a major problem,...
Leaving care: retrospective reports by alumni of Israeli group homes.
October 1, 2006... The transition from adolescence to adulthood is marked by several changes and rituals, including the process of leaving the household of one's nuclear family (Hussong & Chassin, 2002). Leaving home symbolizes the completion of the process of...
Mitigating circumstances in death penalty decisions: using evidence-based research to inform social work practice in capital trials.
October 1, 2006... Social workers are increasingly assuming the role of mitigation specialist and becoming central figures in multidisciplinary capital defense teams (Guin, Noble, & Merrill, 2003; Schroeder, 2003; Stetler, 1999). Those who advocate for social...
Rhetoric for direct practice.(POINTS & VIEWPOINTS)
October 1, 2006... A recent article in Social Work titled "Advocacy and Argumentation in the Public Arena: A Guide for Social Workers by Vicki Lens (July 2005, pp. 231-238) provided a valuable beginning to the exploration of the uses of rhetoric in the fields of...
Who's oppressing whom? Homosexuality, Christianity, and social work.(POINTS & VIEWPOINTS)
October 1, 2006... Hodge's (2005) article, "Epistemological Frameworks, Homosexuality, and Religion: How People of Faith Understand the Intersection between Homosexuality and Religion," asserts a mutually exclusive irreconcilable worldview that will always...