Social work in the Singapore context
By: Ann Wee & Kalyani K. Mehta, eds
Edition: 2nd ed.
Publisher: Pearson Custom Pub.
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Singapore; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 377
ISBN-13: 9789810686512
Subjects: Social problems; Social policy; Social service; History
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Table of contents: title: Social work and social development / Kalyani K. Mehta; title: Where we are coming from, social and welfare interventions when Singapore was a British colony / Ann Wee; title: Concepts in context, concepts are there to make learning easier / Ann Wee; title: Contemporary welfare policies and social wellbeing / Ngiam Tee Liang & Irene Y.H. Ng; title: Methods of social work practice / Kalyani K. Mehta; title: Not-so-equal childhoods / Esther Goh & Rosaleen Ow; title: Youth issues / Sudha Nair; title: Needs and issues of persons with disabilities / Rosaleen Ow & David Rothwell; title: Addictions, substance abuse and problem gambling / Vincent Ng & Low Mun Heng; title: Older persons, issues and social policies / Kalyani K. Mehta & Alexander Lee; title: Ongoing debates / Kalyani K. Mehta.