TY  - BOOK
AU  - Cox,Lisa E.
AU  - Tice,Carolyn J.
AU  - Long,Dennis D.
TI  - Introduction to social work: an advocacy-based profession 
SN  - 9781452244341 (hardcover : alk. paper)
AV  - HV40 .C69 2016
U1  - 361.3 23
PY  - 2016///]
CY  - Thousand Oaks
PB  - SAGE Publications, Inc.
KW  - Social service
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (pages 412-428) and index; Preface -- Understanding social work -- The social work profession -- The history of social work -- Generalist social work practice -- Advocacy in social work -- Responding to need -- Poverty and inequality -- Family and child welfare -- Health care and health challenges -- Physical and mental challenges -- Mental health -- Substance use and addiction -- Challenges and rewards of aging -- Criminal justice -- Working in changing contexts -- Communities at risk and housing -- The changing workplace -- Veterans, their families, and military social work -- Environmentalism -- Global practice and international social work -- Epilogue: social work and self-care -- Appendices -- A: code of ethics of the National Association of Social Workers -- Principles -- B: workplace preference checklist and social work job inventory -- C: NASW policy statement on mental health
ER  -