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Record Nr.

UNINA9910305555703321

Titolo

Global perspectives of occupational social work / / R. Paul Maiden, editor

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : Haworth Press, c2001

ISBN

1-136-39587-3

0-203-04851-2

1-299-45932-3

1-136-39580-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (395 p.)

Collana

Employee assistance quarterly monographic "separates"

Altri autori (Persone)

MaidenR. Paul

Disciplina

331.25

Soggetti

Industrial welfare

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"Co-published simultaneously as Employee assistance quarterly, volume 17, numbers 1/2 2001."

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Front Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright; Contents; Preface: Towards an International Understanding of Occupational Social Work; Acknowledgments; The Shadow Boxer: Occupational Social Work in Australia; Geoff Logan; Occupational Social Work in Germany: A Continuously Developing Field of Practice; Holger Gehlenborg; Occupational Social Work in India; H. Y. Siddiqui Neelam Sukhramani; Occupational Social Work in Ireland; Maria A. G. Powell; Occupational Social Work in Israel; Joseph Katan; Occupational Social Work in South Africa; Angela du Plessis

The Evolution and Practice of Occupational Social Work in the United StatesR. Paul Maiden; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Explore the history and practice of social work around the world! This fascinating book presents a broad international survey of the development and current practices of occupational social work. Covering seven countries around the world, Global Perspectives of Occupational Social Work offers a unique cross-cultural perspective on issues of interest to social workers everywhere. From India to Ireland, issues of training, sexual harassment, and workplace health and safety are remarkably similar and intriguingly varied. Global Perspectives of Occupational Social Work describe