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to cope with chronic, acute or terminal illness, such as Alzheimers disease, cancer or AIDS" (U.S. Department of Labor). In additi...

counselors who maintain homophobic attitudes are less effective, if not actually harmful, in delivering social services" to these ...

state hospitals; however, ignorance compounded the fact that "at the time of its enactment the structure and support some people w...

in the 1980s by a "group of medical educators at McMasters University in Ontario, Canada" (Haneline 2007, p. 3). This group made t...

to be just that. If they expect the clients to be worthy people who need help, they will find people that they can help. The human...

When considering such concepts of indigence, welfare, racism, social fact, social inequality and functional/conflict/symbolic inte...

victims knew each other" (Hammond, 1998). He was testifying before the Columbine shooting, but it only serves as a further example...

need to be less oriented to rules and dilemmas, and more attuned to practical matters of everyday social experience" (pp. 19-22); ...

is vital to the industrys lifeblood; however, it may mean the difference between life and death within the practice of social work...

families are frequently spread over numerous geographical locations, and, therefore, simply cannot offer the day-to-day support th...

The most vivid message of "The Corner" is the desperate situation under which the people of "the corner" exists. We find that the...

sociological, psychological, medical or political situations which arise in the implementation of assessment of any service. Durin...

This paper pertains to Lily, the main character is the film "The Secret Life of Bees." The writer discusses the film from a social...

This paper presents an overview of urgent issues in social work that entail provision of services to older adults. Topics addresse...

of counseling in culturally diverse populations and the way in which this can influence the patient/therapist relationship. Perha...

This essay analyzes Darren Aronofsky's 2000 film "Requiem for a Dream" and discusses how its characters illustrate the effects of ...

This essay discusses the definition of "paradigm" and then describes the differences between several pairs of alternative and trad...

This research paper/essay presents an overview of social work ethics from a perspective based on rule utilitarianism. The ethical ...

This essay pertains to a ethical issue that involves untrained workers being asked by the social worker's agency to instruct intel...

to their personal narrative, and which allows opportunities for input from the social worker - not necessarily verbal - which clar...

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 ...

2003). In fact, researchers have indicated that historically black colleges have about half the percentage of students participat...

little was done to assimilate these different cultures and little was done to help the new city population to understand and deal ...

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 ...

define what other mechanisms are brought into the healing process. For example, Gordon et al (2002) argue that depending on the v...

scrub brush to her, then hose down the apartment. People with poor personal hygiene, not to put to fine a point on it, stink; huma...

Joseph is a silent sufferer, however. He appears to be suffering ill effects of his treatment in Africa, and his present circumst...

that if a society views social workers and their clients as somehow less desirable members of that society, and if they dont like ...

considered is observation. Direct interview techniques can be important as well, however, in analyzing why these women continue t...