E Matilda Goldberg

Helping the Aged

A Field Experiment in Social Work

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Originally published in 1970, the field experiment described in this book was the first British attempt to assess the effectiveness of social work. A team led by a social worker assessed the social and medical conditions of 300 aged applicants to a local authority welfare department and determined their needs for help.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: CRC Press
• Seitenzahl: 214
• Erscheinungstermin: 8. November 2021
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 140mm x 14mm
• Gewicht: 404g
• ISBN-13: 9781032054254
• ISBN-10: 1032054255
• Artikelnr.: 69945517

Autorenporträt

E. Matilda Goldberg

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgements. Foreword. Preface. Part I: Objectives and Methods 1. The
Objectives of Social Work - Can They be Defined and Assessed? 2. The
Development of Assessment Techniques and the Formulation of Hypotheses
Part II: The Baseline of the Experiment 3. Three Hundred Aged Welfare
Clients, their Social and Medical Conditions and their Needs Part III: The
Social Work Experiment 4. The 'Special' and 'Comparison' Groups 5. The
Social Work 6. The Effect of Social Work 7. Input and Outcome in Relation
to Individual Cases 8. The Consumer's Opinion Part IV: Summary and
Conclusions 9. Help the Aged - Conclusions and Reflections. Appendix 1:
Supplementary Tables. Appendix 2: Methods of Analysis by Mary B. Spark.
Index.