Dimensions of Human Behavior: The Changing Life Course - Softcover

Hutchison, Elizabeth D.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1412976413 ISBN 13: 9781412976411

Publisher: SAGE Publications, Inc, 2010

Synopsis

This EPAS-ready text is an in-depth, comprehensive examination of what shapes human behavior across all major developmental stages. Containing potent case studies and the most current theory and research, the book includes greater emphasis on more stages than any other text.

This core text is designed for advanced undergraduate and graduate Human Behavior and the Social Environment courses in departments of social work and psychology.

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About the Author

Elizabeth D. Hutchison, MSW, PhD, received her MSW from the George Warren Brown School of Social Work at Washington University in St. Louis and her PhD from the University at Albany, State University of New York. She was on the faculty in the Social Work Department at Elms College from 1980 to 1987, and served as chair of the department from 1982 to 1987. She was on the faculty in the School of Social Work at Virginia Commonwealth University from 1987 to 2009, where she taught courses in human behavior and the social environment, social work and social justice, and child and family policy; she also served as field practicum liaison. She has been a social worker in health, mental health, aging, and child and family welfare settings. She is committed to providing social workers with comprehensive, current, and useful frameworks for thinking about human behavior. Her other research interests focus on child and family welfare. She currently lives in Rancho Mirage, California where she is active in environmental justice issues facing farm workers in East Coachella Valley.

Edition details

• Publisher: SAGE Publications, Inc
• Publication date: 2010
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1412976413
• ISBN 13: 9781412976411
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 4
• Number of pages: 568