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Science and Social Work is a critical appraisal of the strategies and methods that have been used to develop knowledge for social work practice. It identifies the major ways in which social workers...
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  • 02 January 2002
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Science and Social Work is a critical appraisal of the strategies and methods that have been used to develop knowledge for social work practice. It identifies the major ways in which social workers have drawn upon scientific knowledge and techniques, placing each one in historical perspective by explaining the nature of the problems it was designed to solve and the philosophical, political, and practical questions it raised. Kirk and Reid offer a balanced appraisal of the promises, accomplishments, and limits of such approaches, demonstrating how the fruits of scientific research can aid clinical practice with individuals, families and groups.
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Price: $37.00
Pages: 240
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Imprint: Columbia University Press
Publication Date: 02 January 2002
ISBN: 9780231118255
Format: Paperback
BISACs: SOCIAL SCIENCE / Social Work, SCIENCE / Philosophy & Social Aspects, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Methodology, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General
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This is a landmark book in the history of the relationship of social work research, as a science, and social work practice.

Stuart A. Kirk is Marjorie Crump Professor and chair of the Ph.D. program of the Department of Social Welfare, School of Public Policy and Social Research at UCLA.

William J. Reid is Distinguished Professor of Social Welfare at the State University of New York at Albany.

1. Knowledge, Science, and the Profession of Social Work
2. Science and Social Work: A Historical Perspective
3. Client Problems as Organizing Foci for Knowledge
4. The Scientific Model in Practice: The 1960s and Beyond
5. Engineering Social Work Intervention
6. Computer-Assisted Social Work Practice: The Promise of Technology, by Stuart Kirk, William Reid, and Carrie Petrucci
7. Research-Based Practice
8. Research Dissemination and Utilization: Spreading the Word
9. Knowledge for Practice: Issues and Challenges