Cultural Competence, Practice Stages, and Client Systems: A Case Study Approach

by Doman Lum

Integrate culturally competent principles to the beginning, middle, and ending stages of your work with culturally diverse clients using the resources in this casebook..CULTURAL COMPETENCE: PRACTICE STAGES AND CLIENT SYSTEMS: A CASE STUDY APPROACH brings together two practice themes--culturally competent practice and practice process stages--and applies these principles to ethnically diverse groups, gender and sexual orientation diverse groups, transitional...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0534631983
• ISBN13: 9780534631987
• Release Date: July 2004
• Publisher: Cengage Learning
• Length: 408 Pages
• Weight: 1.56 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 7.3" x 9.2"

Customer Reviews

complexity of clients

The book is for social workers who need to take into account the cultural and ethnic facets of their clients. Thus, there are chapters on dealing with native Americans (referred to in the book as First Nations people), African Americans, Latinos and Asians. But there are also a chapter for when a client might be gay or lesbian or bisexual or transgender. And another chapter for refugees and one for disabled clients. Naturally, each chapter can only hope to briefly deal with its topic. The text is meant as a broad overview. All this attests to the sheer complexity of dealing with the human condition. The book reminds us constantly of this. It is very commendable in the attention given to the diversity of client types and needs.