Mel Gray, Debbie Plath, Stephen Webb

Evidence-based Social Work

A Critical Stance

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book provides a critical analysis of evidence-based practice in social work. It introduces readers to the fast changing research, policy, legislative, and practice context and illuminates how adopting the methodology and language of evidence-based practice fundamentally alters the conditions under which social work takes place.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd (Sales)
• Seitenzahl: 220
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Mai 2009
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 156mm x 22mm
• Gewicht: 377g
• ISBN-13: 9780415468237
• ISBN-10: 041546823X
• Artikelnr.: 23605904

Autorenporträt

Mel Gray is Professor of Social Work and a full-time researcher in the Institute for Social Well-being at the University of Newcastle, Australia. Debbie Plath is Senior Lecturer in Social Work in the School of Humanities and Social Science at the University of Newcastle, Australia. Stephen A. Webb is Professor of Human Sciences and Director of the Institute for Social Well-being at the University of Newcastle, Australia.

Inhaltsangabe

Contents: 1. Evidence: New Horizons in Social Work 2. The Evolution of
Evidence-based Perspectives 3. What is Evidence-based Practice? 4. Framing
the Knowledge base in Social Work 5. Just a Formality: Formalization and
Standardization 6. Reality Check: Making Evidence a Reality 7. Tribunals of
Reason: Directions for Evidence-based Practice?