| Description |
1 online resource (272 pages) |
| Contents |
Constructing Clienthood in Social Work and Human Services: Interaction, Identities and Practices; Contents; Preface; Transcription Symbols; 1 Introduction: Beyond a Universal Client; Part I: Constructing Client Identities and Morals; 2 Legitimating the Rejecting of Your Child in a Social Work Meeting; 3 Caring but Not Coping: Fashioning a Legitimate Parent Identity; 4 Negotiating Clienthood and the Moral Order of a Relationship in Couple Therapy; Part II: Categorizing and Negotiating Clienthoods; 5 Creating a 'Bad' Client: Disalignment of Institutional Identities in Social Work Interaction |
| Summary |
This innovative book explores social work as a series of encounters - between clients and social workers, social workers, their colleagues and other professionals, and more widely between citizens and the state. Providing a variety of social constructionist perspectives on the idea of the 'client', it presents in-depth discussion of the roles, language and contexts of meetings between social workers and their clients. International contributors present discussion on categorization, analyzing 'roles', and reflexive practice. Drawing data from a variety of sources, including legislation, client |
| Analysis |
Samfundsvidenskab Sociologi |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 234-255) and indexes |
| Notes |
English |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Social case work.
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Social work administration.
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Social interaction.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Social Work.
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Social case work
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Social interaction
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Social work administration
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Client.
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Gestion.
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Identité (Psychologie)
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Relation conseiller-client (Counseling)
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Relations sociales.
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Service social.
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Service social individuel.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Hall, Christopher, 1948-
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| LC no. |
2003041609 |
| ISBN |
1417501073 |
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9781417501076 |
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1846424127 |
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9781846424120 |
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1283904675 |
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9781283904674 |
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