ABSTRACT

Here is an exciting and stimulating book featuring expert evaluations and descriptions of current social work group practice with an overall focus on competence and values. The contributors give detailed information on group work theory, group structure, gender and race issues in group work, group work in health care settings, and the use of groups for coping with family issues that will be invaluable for all professionals in their daily practice. This thorough and inspiring overview of the state of the art in social group work today contains the published proceedings of a recent Symposium for the Advancement of Social Work With Groups.

chapter |16 pages

Social Work with Oppressed Populations

Jane Addams Won't You Please Come Home?

part |43 pages

The Use of Groups for Coping with Family Issues

chapter |13 pages

Caring for Caregivers of the Elderly

A Group Approach to Families Under Stress

chapter |17 pages

Mothers and Daughters in Later Life

Rediscovery and Renegotiation: A Group Work Approach

part |29 pages

Group Work in Health Settings

chapter |13 pages

Volunteers and Group Work

The Hospice Volunteer as Model