Practitioner-Researcher Partnerships: Building Knowledge From, In, and for Practice

Practitioner-Researcher Partnerships meets the long-term demand for ways to forge more successful and effective partnerships between the worlds of social work practice and social work research. An experienced group of contributors describes effective partnerships between human services researchers and practitioners. Readers can use the group's recommendations to build partnerships that acquire fiscal support, effectively serve clients, and address the needs of collaborators.

Special Features *Provides case examples of successful partnerships. *Considers ethical, organizational, and political issues. *Covers communication and collaborator roles and responsibilities. *Explains how to deal successfully with differing outlooks on approaches and methods.

Peg McCartt Hess, PhD, ACSW, is associate dean, Columbia University School of Social Work, New York, and faculty affiliate, Center for the Study of Social Work Practice.

Edward J. Mullen, DSW, is professor, Columbia University School of Social Work, New York, and director, Center for the Study of Social Work Practice.