Boundary Spanning: An Ecological Reinterpretation of Social Work Practice in Health and Mental Health Systems

Toba Schwaber Kerson

December, 2000
Cloth, 455 pages,
ISBN: 978-0-231-11036-5
$73.00 / £43.00

An understanding of the most important laws and ethical issues that have shaped the profession is essential for the effective practice of social work. Thus this comprehensive approach to health and mental health care for social workers centers on ethical and legal issues. The book includes critical information regarding the systems and organizations in which social workers practice; the nature of the relationship between social workers and clients/consumers/communities; planning, contracting, and strategizing functions; intervention techniques using advocacy, brief work, case management, and group work; and evaluation. Armed with this knowledge, social workers have the ability to intervene as advocates as well as to evaluate their work and their clients' progress.

Related Subjects

• Social Work

Series

• Foundations of Social Work Knowledge Series

About the Author

Toba Schwaber Kerson is professor and director of the doctoral program at the Graduate School of Social Work and Social Research, Bryn Mawr College. Her most recent book is Social Work in Health Care Settings.

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