Recently added articles from Social Work:
The end of a decade: challenges for a changing world.(Editorial)
Oct 01, 2009; ... It is the eve of the year 2000, the beginning of a brand new decade and the new millennium. Hope is in the air. Change is palpable. The nation's biggest concern seems to be Y2K and what will happen to the country's computer systems. We worry about the outcome. We form task forces, ...
New practice model for Latinos in need of social work services.(Report)
Oct 01, 2009; ... This article presents a new practice model for Latinos in the United States in need of social work and other social and human services (poor and working class Latinos, immigrant and traditionally oriented Latinos, and so forth).The model is intended to make available to students, ...
Consumer-driven health care: answer to global competition or threat to social justice?(Report)
Oct 01, 2009; ... Social workers committed to social justice must grasp the high stakes involved in the growing enthusiasm for market-based solutions to the United States' expensive and nonuniversal health care system. According to some critics, the U.S. health care system is "a paradox of excess and ...
The big picture: how social work can effectively utilize photographs.(Survey)
Oct 01, 2009; ... Social work is a profession that is widely misunderstood. While social workers attempt to address social injustice and need, the severity of these conditions and the importance of social work services are often lost in presentations to the public. Huff (1998) blamed this loss on the ...
Civilian social work: serving the military and veteran populations.(Report)
Oct 01, 2009; ... Media coverage highlighting service delivery problems at Walter Reed Army Medical Center has led to heightened public scrutiny and congressional oversight regarding the care provided to returning Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF) and Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF) service members and their ...