Critical Issues in Social Work with Older People

by Miriam Bernard, Mo Ray, Judith Phillips

This timely text highlights the importance of informed and critical practice in social work with older people. With an emphasis on reflection throughout, it argues for the need to rethink how social workers support some of the most vulnerable people in society.

The text begins with an exploration of the relationship between gerontology, the study of aging, and social work, and demonstrates that a gerontological approach has long been missing...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1403991251
• ISBN13: 9781403991256
• Release Date: October 2008
• Publisher: Red Globe Press
• Length: 208 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.9" x 9.0"