Part One 1
Chapter One Introduction to Social Work Practice 1
Distinguishing Social Work Practice 1
Commitment to Social Betterment 4
International Perspectives on Social Work Practice 6
Difficult Sentences 7
Chapter Two The Context of Social Work Practice 11
Features of Privatization of Our Contemporary Context 11
Contextualizing Social Work Practice 14
An Example of Contextualized Practice 18
Difficult Sentences 20
Chapter Three Goals and Functions of Social Work 24
Levels of Goals in Social Work Practice 24
Various Functions for the Achievement of Social Work's Goal 26
Internationalism in Social Work Practice 28
Difficult Sentences 30
Chapter Four The Helping Process 33
Initial Phase 33
Ongoing Phase 38
Ending Phase 44
Death,Dying,and Bereavement 46
Difficult Sentences 51
Chapter Five Social Work Practice in Health Care 56
Features of Health Care Organizations 56
Social Work Processes in Health Care Practice 58
Social Work Tasks and Roles in Helping Clients to Cope with the Stress of Illness,Injury,or Disability 62
Difficult Sentences 65
Chapter Six Social Work with Individuals 69
Affective Versus Intellectual Tuning In 69
The Preliminary Phase of Practice 70
Beginnings and the Contracting Skills 73
The Ending Phase of Practice 77
Difficult Sentences 81
Chapter Seven Social Work with Families 85
Social Work with Families 85
Selected Concepts from Family Therapy Theory 87
Hiding the Family's Secrets:Dealing with Taboo Areas 90
Working with a Single-Parent Family 94
Case Analysis 96
Difficult Sentences 107
Chapter Eight Social Work with Groups 111
Ways of Helping One Another in Mutual-Aid Groups 111
An Case Example 121
Difficult Sentences 130
Chapter Nine Social Work in the Community 133
Community Practice in the Social Work Context 133
Community Organizing Philosophy and Models 135
Negotiating the Environment 136
Difficult Sentences 150
Chapter Ten Funeral Etiquette and Words and Prayers for Me-morial and Committal Service 153
Funeral Etiquette 153
Words and Prayers for Memorial and Committal Service 155
Difficult Sentences 160
Learning Activity 162
Bibliography 166
Part Two 170
Vocabulary 170