Product Description: Occupational social workers see a more diverse community of clients than their colleagues in any other field, dealing with issues such as gender, national origin, race, sexual orientation, health, and myriad other social concerns...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Product Description: -- Lawerence S. Root, professor at the School of Social Work and director of the Institute of Labor and Industrial Relations at the University of Michigan

Product Description: For more than twenty years Sheila H. Akabas and Paul A. Kurzman have written extensively about workers and work organizations, and given leadership to the occupational social welfare movement worldwide. Recognized as leaders in their field, Akabas and Kurzman offer an invaluable and comprehensive look at the innovative ways in which management, labor organizations, government, and social workers can better respond to the needs of workers, their families, and communities...read more

Product Description: The rapid expansion of doctoral education in social work is changing academia, and expanding the expectations of education for professional practice. This volume focuses on the early development, gradual evolution and present status of social work doctoral education...read more