Encyclopedia of Social Work: 1997 Supplement(19th Edition) [Paperback]

Ira C. Colby (Author), Alejandro Garcia (Author), Ruth G. McRoy (Author), Lynn Videka-Sherman (Author), Richard L. Edwards (Editor)

Book Description

Publication Date: October 1, 1997

The publication of the new supplement brings the Encyclopedia up-to-date with the most current concerns in social work. With over 400 pages of new information, the supplement features new entries on timely topics such as managed care and social work, electronic technologies and the Internet, spirituality in social work, the working poor, and more- a total of 30 new entries, 15 new biographies, and 65 updates.

Also available:

The Social Work Dictionary - ISBN 087101355X
Ethical Standards in Social Work: A Review of the NASW Code of Ethics - ISBN 0871013711

NASW Press

NASW Press, a division of National Association of Social Workers (NASW), is a leading scholarly press in the social sciences. We serve faculty, practitioners, agencies, libraries, clinicians, and researchers throughout the United States and abroad.

Known for attracting expert authors, the NASW Press delivers professional information to hundreds of thousands of readers through its scholarly journals, books, and reference works.

Some of the areas we publish in include:

-Social work in the field of aging
-Models of social work
-Social work with children and adolescents
-Ethics in social work
-Community organization
-Professional development

Product Details

• Paperback: 428 pages
• Publisher: NASW Press; 19th edition (October 1, 1997)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0871012774
• ISBN-13: 978-0871012777
• Product Dimensions: 9.8 x 7 x 1.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.1 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,993,609 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars This book helped me BEYOND BELIEF in studying and passing my LCSW exam., November 1, 2008

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This review is from: Encyclopedia of Social Work: 1997 Supplement(19th Edition) (Paperback)

This book helped me beyond belief in studying and passing my LCSW exam. Since it is an "encyclopidia" you probably will need other books to study with as well, but while studying that stuff, every time I came to a term that I couldn't exactly remember I'd look it up in here and it would explain it to me and explain its relationship to social work the historical concept in which the term came to be. Toward the end of my studying I just began going through the encycolpedia concept by concept and reading all of the information regarding a tough subject for me. It was like the most comprehensive set of flash cards I could ever have imagined!!

3.0 out of 5 stars So so book on social work, November 24, 2009

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This review is from: Encyclopedia of Social Work: 1997 Supplement(19th Edition) (Paperback)

My recommendation is to buy it used, very used. It's not really helpful and information can be found on the internet. I needed it for my exam and was not the version I needed. I figured something was better than nothing. I paid more for the shipping than the actual book. Oh well, I passed my exam and that's what's important. Although, none of this information was on the exam.