Constructing clienthood in social work and human services : interaction, identities, and practices /
This innovative book explores social work as a series of encounters - between clients and social workers, social workers, their colleagues and other professionals, and more widely between citizens and the state. Providing a variety of social constructionist perspectives on the idea of the 'clie...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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London ; New York :
Jessica Kingsley Publishers,
2003.
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Full text (MFA users only) |
| ISBN: | 1417501073 9781417501076 1846424127 9781846424120 1283904675 9781283904674 |
| Local Note: | ProQuest Ebook Central |
Table of Contents:
- Constructing Clienthood in Social Work and Human Services: Interaction, Identities and Practices; Contents; Preface; Transcription Symbols; 1 Introduction: Beyond a Universal Client; Part I: Constructing Client Identities and Morals; 2 Legitimating the Rejecting of Your Child in a Social Work Meeting; 3 Caring but Not Coping: Fashioning a Legitimate Parent Identity; 4 Negotiating Clienthood and the Moral Order of a Relationship in Couple Therapy; Part II: Categorizing and Negotiating Clienthoods; 5 Creating a 'Bad' Client: Disalignment of Institutional Identities in Social Work Interaction.