Reconstructing Meaningful Life Worlds: A New Approach to Social Work Practice - Couverture souple

Oshita PhD, Yumi

 
9781462006175: Reconstructing Meaningful Life Worlds: A New Approach to Social Work Practice

Synopsis

The future of social work in Japan is confused, unclear, and stagnant. A lot of social workers experience burnout because they have to help a wide variety of clients without the benefit of a consistently effective method. In Reconstructing Meaningful Life Worlds: A New Approach to Social Work Practice, co-authors and practicing social workers Dr. Yumi Oshita and Kiyoshi Kamo present the fruitful results of ten years of researching social constructions and other related theories to develop a new paradigm of social work theory and practice.

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Biographie de l'auteur

Dr. Yumi Oshita is an associate professor of social work at the Prefectural University of Hiroshima, a licensed social worker, and a clinical psychologist. She practices social work at Hiroshima University Hospital, with a specialty in counseling chronic pain patients and HIV patients. Kiyoshi Kamo, MA, is a professor of social work and clinical sociology at the Prefectural University of Hiroshima, with a focus on family pathology. He has published numerous clinical books and articles about intervention in maladaptive families from the social constructionist point of view.

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The future of social work in Japan is confused, unclear, and stagnant. A lot of social workers experience burnout because they have to help a wide variety of clients without the benefit of a consistently effective method. In Reconstructing Meaningful Life Worlds: A New Approach to Social Work Practice, co-authors and practicing social workers Dr. Yumi Oshita and Kiyoshi Kamo present the fruitful results of ten years of researching social constructions and other related theories to develop a new paradigm of social work theory and practice.

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9781462006168: Reconstructing Meaningful Life Worlds: A New Approach to Social Work Practice

Edition présentée

ISBN 10 :  1462006167 ISBN 13 :  9781462006168
Editeur : iUniverse, 2011
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