Synopsis
This workbook/CD-ROM package provides a platform for exploring current social welfare issues, using real data files that allow comparison of state, country, and public attitudes about current social welfare issues that are important to practitioners, researchers, and social work clients. Emphasis is on critical thinking skills. Chapters walk through the process of analyzing data on issues such as health care, substance abuse, gender equality, and poverty. The CD-ROM contains a student version of MicroCase and five data sets. Cherry is affiliated with Barry University. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
About the Author
Dr. Andrew Cherry has been working in the helping professions since he received his BS degree from Troy State University, Troy, Alabama in 1968. He received his Masters of Social Work from the University of Alabama in 1974 and worked as a psychiatric social worker at Bryce Hospital in Tuscaloosa, Alabama for 7 years. He received his doctorate from the Columbia University School of Social Work in 1986. In addition to teaching research at the master and doctoral level and chairing dissertations at Barry University, Professor Cherry conducts research and evaluations in the areas of homelessness, addiction, social services to children and families, and the influence of social bonds on human behavior. Professor Cherry published another book with Brooks/Cole, A RESEARCH PRIMER FOR THE HELPING PROFESSIONS, in 2000.
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