Comprehensive Handbook of Social Work and Social Welfare, Social Policy and Policy Practice (Comprehensive Handbook of Social Work and Social Welfare, Volume 4) - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0471769983 ISBN 13: 9780471769989

Publisher: Wiley, 2008

Synopsis

Comprehensive Handbook of Social Work and Social Welfare, Volume 4: The Profession of Social Work features contributions from leading international researchers and practitioners and presents the most comprehensive, in-depth source of information on the field of social work and social welfare.

About this title

About the Author:

Editors-in-Chief, Karen M. Sowers, PhD, is Professor and Dean at the University of Tennessee College of Social Work in Knoxville, Tennessee.

Catherine N. Dulmus, PhD, is Associate Professor of Social Work and Director of the?Buffalo Center?for Social Research at the University of Buffalo, New York. She is coeditor of several social work journals and has authored or coedited a number of books, including Essentials of Child Welfare, Handbook of Preventive Interventions for Children and Adolescents, Handbook of Preventive Interventions for Adults, and The Social Work and Human Services Treatment Planner.

Volume Editor, Ira C. Colby, DSW, ACSW, LCSW, Dean and Professor of Social Work, University of Houston, Houston, TX.

Review:

"The Comprehensive Handbook of Social Work and Social Welfare is an outstanding contribution to social work literature. The Handbook offers a unique and practical view of social work. We recommend that all academic libraries adopt this volume. Social work professors need to review it. These volumes will make significant contributions to student learning." (Journal of Social Work Values and Ethics, Spring 2009)

About this edition

• Publisher: Wiley
• Publication date: 2008
• ISBN 10: 0471769983
• ISBN 13: 9780471769989
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 4
• Number of pages: 432
• Editor: Sowers Karen M., Dulmus Catherine N., Colby Ira C.