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UNINA9910454604203321 |
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Sterk Claire E. <1957-> |
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Fast lives [[electronic resource] ] : women who use crack cocaine / / Claire E. Sterk |
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Philadelphia, PA, : Temple University Press, c1999 |
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1-299-85057-X |
0-585-37018-4 |
1-59213-807-1 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (256 p.) |
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Women - Drug use - United States |
Crack (Drug) - United States |
Women - United States - Social conditions |
Electronic books. |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 225-234 and index. |
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Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1 Getting Into Drugs; 2 Patterns of Income Generation and Drug Use; 3 Significant Others: The Women's Steady Partners; 4 Reproduction and Motherhood; 5 Off and On: Experiences with Drug Treatment; 6 Female Drug Users and the AIDS Epidemic; 7 Violent Encounters; 8 Past Experiences, Future Aspirations and Policies; Notes; Bibliography; Index |
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Providing insight into drug use from the point of view of female users, this book tells of the complex lives, challenges, and choices of women who use crack cocaine. While popular images of these women present them simply as unreliable individuals, unfit mothers, and women who will do almost anything for crack, Claire Sterk's years of ethnographic research reveal the nature and meaning of crack cocaine use in the larger context of their lives -- including the impact of such issues as gender, class, and race. Focusing on active crack users, Fast Lives compiles information fr |
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UNINA9910784172003321 |
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Beresford Peter |
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Palliative care, social work and service users [[electronic resource] ] : making life possible / / Peter Beresford, Lesley Adshead and Suzy Croft ; foreword by Dorothy Rowe |
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London ; ; Philadelphia, : Jessica Kingsley Publishers, 2007 |
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1-280-92953-7 |
9786610929535 |
1-84642-573-5 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (270 p.) |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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AdsheadLesley <1953-> |
CroftSuzy |
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Care of the sick |
Palliative treatment |
Social work with the terminally ill |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 252-260) and indexes. |
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Cover; Palliative Care, Social Workand Service Users:Making Life Possible; CONTENTS; Foreword by Dorothy Rowe; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Part One:The Background to PalliativeCare Social Work; Chapter 1: Palliative Care: A New Perspective; Part Two:What Service Users Say; Chapter 2: Becoming Involved with Palliative Care; Chapter 3: Starting the Palliative Care Social Work Journey; Chapter 4: What Does the Social Worker Do?; Chapter 5: What Service Users Value Most; Chapter 6: Working with Difference; Chapter 7: Exploring Outcomes: EavulatingSpecialist Palliative Care Social Work |
Part Three:Developing the DiscussionChapter 8: Accessing Specialist Palliative Care Work: A Broader Image Problem?; Chapter 9: The Problem of Referral; Chapter 10: The nature, Strengths and Weaknesses of Practice; Chapter 11: Theory and Practice; Chapter 12: Specialist Palliative Care Social Work: A Service in the Shadows?; Chapter 13: Issues for the Future; Appendix 1: How We Carried Out the Research; Appendix 2: The Interview Schedule; References; Subject Index; Author Index |
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This unique book provides a rare look at social work and palliative care from the perspective of service users. Drawing on new original research, the authors examine service users' experiences, tracking their journeys through it, exploring the care they receive and the effects of culture and difference through their first hand comments and ideas. |
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