The Encyclopedia of Social Work
Edition: 20 edition
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Published: March 24, 2008
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 1900
ISBN-13: 9780195306613
Subjects: Reference works; Social Work; Social Science; Sociology; Reference; Social Science / Social Work
Table of contents: title: LIST OF ENTRIES [EXCLUDING BIOGRAPHIES]; title: Abortion -- Adolescents -- Adoption -- Adult Day Care -- Adult Protective Services  -- Adults -- Advocacy -- African Americans -- Aging -- Alaska Natives -- Alcohol and Drug Problems -- Alzheimer’s Disease and Other Dementias -- Arab Americans -- Asian Americans -- Assessment -- Asset Building -- Authoritative Settings and Involuntary Clients -- Baccalaureate Social Workers -- Behavioral Theory -- Bereavement Practice -- Best Practices -- Bioethics -- Bisexuality -- Blindness and Visual Impairment -- Brief Therapies -- Caribbean Americans -- Case Management -- Chaos Theory and Complexity Theory -- Charitable Foundations -- Child Abuse and Neglect -- Child Care Services -- Children -- Children’s Rights -- Child Support -- Child Welfare -- Christian Social Services -- Chronic Illness -- Citizen Participation -- Civic Engagement -- Civil Liberties -- Civil Rights -- Civil Society -- Client Violence -- Clinical Social Work -- Codes of Ethics -- Cognition and Social Cognitive Theory -- Cognitive Therapy -- Collaborative Practice -- Community -- Community-Based Participatory Research -- Community Building -- Community Development -- Community Economic Development -- Community Needs Assessment -- Community Organization -- Community Violence -- Comorbidity -- Compulsive Behaviors -- Confidentiality and Privileged Communication -- Conflict Resolution -- Consultation -- Consumer Rights -- Contexts/Settings -- Continuing Education -- Contracting Out of Social Services -- Council on Social Work Education -- Couples -- Crime and Criminal Behavior -- Criminal Justice -- Criminal Courts -- Corrections -- Crisis Interventions -- Cultural Competence -- Cultural Institutions and the Arts -- Culturally Competent Practice -- Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing People -- Deinstitutionalization -- Demographics -- Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders [DSM] -- Direct Practice -- Disability -- Disasters -- Disparities and Inequalities -- Displaced People -- Divorce -- Dual Degree Programs -- Earned Income Tax Credit -- Eating Disorders -- Ecological Framework -- Economics and Social Welfare -- Education Policy -- Elder Abuse -- Employee Assistance Programs -- Employment and Unemployment -- Empowerment Practice -- End-of-Life Decisions -- Environment -- Environmental Justice -- Epistemology -- Ethics and Values -- Ethics in Research -- Evidence-Based Practice -- Experimental and Quasi-Experimental Design -- Faith-Based Agencies and Social Work -- Family -- Family Caregiving -- Family Life Education -- Family Preservation and Home-Based Services -- Family Services -- Family Therapy -- Feminist Social Work Practice -- Forensic Social Work -- Foster Care -- Fundraising -- Gay Families and Parenting -- Gay Men -- Generalist and Advanced Generalist Practice -- Genetics -- Gestalt Therapy -- Globalization -- Group Dynamics -- Groups -- Group Work -- Haitian Americans -- Harm Reduction -- Hate Crimes -- Health Care -- Health Care Financing -- Health Care Reform -- Health Care Social Work -- Historiography -- HIV/AIDS -- Home-based Interventions -- Homelessness -- Hospice -- Housing -- Humanistic Therapies -- Human Needs -- Human-Other Animal Bond -- Human Rights -- Human Sexuality -- Hunger, Nutrition, and Food Programs -- Immigrants and Refugees -- Immigration Policy -- Income Distribution -- Income Security -- Interdisciplinarity -- International Association of Schools of Social Work (IASSW) -- International Federation of Social Workers (IFSW) -- International Social Welfare -- International Social Work -- International Social Work and Social Welfare -- Interorganizational Practice -- Interprofessional and Partnered Practice -- Intervention Research -- Interviewing -- Intimate Partner Violence -- Jewish Communal Services -- Juvenile Delinquency -- Juvenile Justice -- Latinos and Latinas -- Leadership -- Legal System -- Lesbians -- Licensing -- Life Span -- Long-Term Care -- Macro Social Work Practice -- Managed Care -- Management -- Marriage and Domestic Partners -- Maternal and Child Health -- Media Campaigns -- Medicaid and Medicare -- Medical Illness -- Men -- Mental Health  -- Mental Illness -- Meta-analysis -- Methods of Practice Interventions -- Migrant Workers -- Military Social Work -- Motivational Interviewing -- Multiculturalism -- Muslim Social Services -- Mutual Aid Societies -- Narratives -- National Association of Social Workers -- Native Americans -- Native Hawaiians and Pacific Islanders -- Occupational Social Work -- Oncology Social Work -- Oppression -- Organizational Development and Change -- Organizational Learning -- Organizations and Associations -- Organizations and Governance -- Pain -- Palliative Care -- Peace -- Pension and Retirement Programs -- Person-in-Environment -- Philanthropy -- Police Social Work -- Policy Practice -- Political Ideology and Social Welfare -- Political Interventions -- Political Process -- Political Social Work -- Poverty -- Practice Interventions and Research -- Prevention -- Primary Health Care -- Privatization -- Privilege -- Probation and Parole -- Professional Conduct -- Professional Impairment / Professional Liability and Malpractice -- Program Evaluation -- Progressive Social Work -- Prostitution -- Psychoanalysis -- Psychodrama -- Psychoeducation -- Psychometrics -- Psychosocial and Psychiatric Rehabilitation -- Psychosocial Framework -- Psychotropic Medications -- Public Health -- Qualitative Research -- Quality of Care -- Quantitative Research -- Recording -- Rehabilitation -- Reproductive Health -- Research -- Resilience -- Restorative Justice -- Retirement -- Rural Practice -- Scales and Indices -- School Social Work -- School Violence -- Self-Help Groups -- Settlements and Neighborhood Centers -- Sexual Assault -- Sexual Harassment -- Single Parents -- Single-System Designs -- Social Capital -- Social Development -- Social Impact Assessment -- Social Justice -- Social Movements -- Social Planning -- Social Policy -- Social Problems -- Social Security Program -- Social Services -- Social Welfare Expenditures -- Social Work Education -- Social Work Practice -- Social Work Profession -- Strategic Planning -- Strengths-Based Framework -- Strengths Perspective -- Suicide -- Supervision -- Supplemental Security Income -- Survey Research -- Task-Centered Practice -- Teams -- Technology -- Tools and Applications of Technology -- Technology Transfer -- Temporary Assistance for Needy Families -- Terminal Illness -- Termination -- Terrorism -- Transgender People -- Trauma -- Unemployment Insurance -- Unions -- Urban Practice -- Veteran Services -- Victim Services -- Violence -- Vocational Services -- Voluntarism -- Voter Education -- White Ethnic Groups -- Women -- Workers’ Compensation -- Youth at Risk -- Youth Services.