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A timely collection looking at communication in elderly care and how we can best understand and improve its quality. >

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The sixth book in the bestselling Confessions series.

What is life like for a female Undercover Cop

Ash Cameron gives readers a behind-the-scenes look at life in the Police. Funny, moving and irreverent, youll never look at a bobby the same way again!

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This work examines the principle of confidentiality in social work from three points of view: social work theory and practice, principles of natural moral law or moral philosophy, and prescriptions of civil law and legal philosophy.

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Investigates the history of the detection and treatment of child abuse through the lens of the Children's Protection Society from 1896 to the end of the 20th century. The text explores the inner world of the organization within history and the changes in law and the social constructions of abuse.

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This work examines the historical, political, and social backdrops to the social welfare systems in the most developed welfare state systems of East Asia: Japan, South Korea, Taiwan, Singapore, Hong Kong, and the People's Republic of China.

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This is a resource for helping professional caregivers respond sensitively and competently to individuals who present religious concerns in counseling and psychotherapy. The book provides psychological profiles of adults who typify each stage and shows how spiritual and psychological problems are inextricably intertwined.

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In recent years, counseling ideas in the Asia-Pacific region developed from construct, originating from a Euro-American framework. Counseling in elementary through higher education, ethnic and gender issues in counseling, counselor professionalization, and indigenous counseling, receive a special focus.

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Experts have made a state-of-the-art survey of sources that are important in counseling older persons, an increasingly important segment of the nation's population.

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This book defines the worldview of personal well-being for the Inuit Eskimo in order to establish guidelines for counselling strategies.

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Offering an innovative account of Britain's counter-radicalisation policy, Prevent, this book provides a timely analysis of the UK's response to the threat of 'homegrown' terrorism. -- .

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For countless street kids across America and beyond, Covenant House is a beacon of hope in a world of darkness and blight. In this compelling book, readers see the homeless runaways and castaways, teenage prostitutes and addicts the author has encountered in his work. 5 drawings.

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Useful for newcomers to the children's library staff as well as longtime children's librarians, the second edition of this popular handbook provides easy-to-follow instructions to make innovations in children's library materials work for you.

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Creating the Welfare State investigates how private business and public bureaucracy worked together to create the structure of much of the modern welfare state in America.

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A critique of the theoretical and programmatic aspects of providing mental health services to traditionally underserved populations. Focusing on the case of Hispanics, the authors maintain that the present service system is socially and racially insensitive.

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Recently, many political voices have indicated a strong desire to track down absent fathers who have absconded without fulfilling child support obligations to their biological or adopted children.

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This unique work addresses a common urban issue in the context of healing and outreach in a way that will especially appeal to social workers, community leaders and organizations, psychologists, urban sociologists, and students and scholars interested in the ways people deal with death and dying.

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Based upon Crawford's extensive survey of more than 300 U.S. businesses, this book explores and describes in detail the various types of employee benefits policies designed to ease the burdens of employees caught between the conflicting demands of work and the need to provide care for dependent children and/or parents.

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Compares the distinctive welfare states of Latin America, East Asia, and Eastern Europe. This book traces the historical origins of social policy in these regions to crucial political changes in the mid-twentieth century, and show how the legacies of these early choices are influencing welfare reform following democratization and globalization.

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The introduction describes the development of counseling since 1900 in this country, defines the major theoretical approaches to counseling through the years, describes the counseling process and characterizes counseling approaches at different stages in a person's life, and talks about client and counselor relationships.

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This work compares the nature and extent of changes in social welfare programmes and labour markets in nine industrialized countries. This cross-national study sheds light on general trends in social welfare, and provides clues to what constitutes successful reform and what has failed.