Language practices in social work
Subtitle: categorisation and accountability in child welfare
By: Christopher Hall, Stef Slembrouck and Srikant Sarangi.
Contributors: Slembrouck, Stefaan, 1963-; Sarangi, Srikant, 1956-
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2005
Place of publication: New York, NY
Language: eng
Number of pages: 198
Subjects: Communication in social work; Child welfare; Interviewing; Social service -- Press coverage; Discourse analysis -- Social aspects
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
"Simultaneously published in the USA and Canada."
Table of contents: title: Categorisation and accountability in professional texts and talk; title: Collegial communication in policy review interviews; title: Inter-professional decision-making in a case conference; title: Negotiating roles in a home visit; title: Reporting events in case notes; title: The client's account of a social work intervention; title: Justifying action in a public inquiry; title: Narrative transformation in media reporting; title: Conclusion.