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many motivated families waiting for help; the resistant families will call back when they finally feel the need; there is no need ...
2003). In fact, researchers have indicated that historically black colleges have about half the percentage of students participat...
p. 130). Figures from the early part of the century reveal that "50 to 66 percent of working families were poor and that a third ...
as well as their learning abilities. The Bible teaches people that it is important, and crucial, to care for others and to neve...
In this paper, well examine this dilemma. Well focus on social work as a career and the need for models to help motivate social wo...
worlds finest economy" and Hong Kong culture is universally lauded for its values of "hard work, flexibility and rule of law" (Kw...
citizens enjoy equality before the law (Legal System in Hong Kong). This principle applies regardless of "race, rank, politics or ...
of counseling in culturally diverse populations and the way in which this can influence the patient/therapist relationship. Perha...
to at an earlier time. Though assignment of levels 1 - 4 is subjective in that it is not solidly based on measurable results, the...
sessions, too many counselors assume the alienated attitude of "there are too many motivated families waiting for help; the resist...
factors as culture and even spiritualism in patient care delivery. While at one time nursing was a discipline which concentrated ...
that if a society views social workers and their clients as somehow less desirable members of that society, and if they dont like ...
to cope with chronic, acute or terminal illness, such as Alzheimers disease, cancer or AIDS" (U.S. Department of Labor). In additi...
criminal and social repercussions, creating a punitive response to alcoholism that can impact the views of service providers. Cha...
drastic change in social work orientation as it presents a shift away from the previous paradigm, which placed a priority on famil...
these things are, in fact, needed (Overcoming Consumerism). This then is what fuels consumerism and drives people to work harder ...
what give rise to change in the first place. If, for instance, it is lack of equal educational opportunities which deprives young ...
will might have a different religious or belief perspective. Its likely that this is probably the first paper of its type, includ...
counselors who maintain homophobic attitudes are less effective, if not actually harmful, in delivering social services" to these ...
She claims that she is no longer using drugs and in fact is currently attending NA (Narcotics Anonymous) meetings. During the inta...
are the personal and societal costs. There is no way to predict which families will suffer from the direct and indirect impacts of...
to herself and her son. Then she met a man whom she married. They had another child and her first born was essentially pushed a...
work two weeks before and buys a bottle of no-name vodka. He sits on the side of a busy road with two or three of the older guys ...
Natalie comes in for treatment at the request of her mother who fears that her daughter is using drugs. The social worker must est...
inasmuch as cognitive therapy distinctly addresses the spatial and temporal elements of human existence. Cognitive restructuring ...
evolving to meet the needs of contemporary society (Globerman, White and McDonald, 2002, p. 274). For example, the Department of S...
their infrastructures are concerned, but health care is something that has severe ramifications. That is, the lack of health care ...
for this is because the monetary rewards are not as high as they would be in other fields, especially for the hours put in....
stage. In "The Presentation of Self in Everyday Life" Goffman (1997) presents his theories of "dramaturgy". He explains human in...
need to be less oriented to rules and dilemmas, and more attuned to practical matters of everyday social experience" (pp. 19-22); ...