The Foundations of Social Work Knowledge

Edited by Frederic G. Reamer

January, 1994
Cloth, 496 pages,
ISBN: 978-0-231-08034-7
$75.50 / £44.50

The twelve chapters of this important book, written by leading social work educators, define and explain the essential components of the social work curriculum: social work practice, social welfare policy and services, human behavior in the social environment, research and evaluation, field education, values and ethics, oppression and social injustice, and diversity and populations at risk, including ethnic minorities and people of color, women, lesbians and gays, and people with disabilities. The only contemporary collections of essays analyzing what every social worker needs to know about the profession's intellectual underpinnings The Foundations of Social Work Knowledge will stimulate discussion and debate throughout the profession and will be essential reading for social work faculty, administrators, practitioners, and students.

Related Subjects

• Social Work

About the Author

Frederic G. Reamer is a professor in the School of Social Work at Rhode Island College. He is the author of Social Work Values and Ethics, Social Work Malpractice and Liability, The Philosophical Foundations of Social Work, and Ethical Dilemmas in Social Service; co-author of Rehabilitating Juvenile Justice; and editor of AIDS and Ethics and The Foundations of Social Work Knowledge. He is also the author of the recently published Ethical Standards in Social Work: Commentary on the NASW Code of Ethics.

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