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| Material Type: | Internet resource |
|---|---|
| Document Type: | Book, Internet Resource |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Gerald P Mallon |
| ISBN: | 9780789033574 0789033577 9780789033581 0789033585 |
| OCLC Number: | 165958580 |
| Notes: | Rev. ed. of: Foundations of social work practice with lesbian and gay persons. |
| Description: | xviii, 413 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. |
| Contents: | Knowledge for practice with lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) people / Gerald P. Mallon -- Values and ethics in social work practice with lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender people / Peg McCartt Hess and Nancy Feldman -- Lesbians, gays, bisexuals, and transgender people of color : reconciling divided selves and communities / Karina L. Walters and Roy L. Old Person, Jr. -- Social work practice with bisexual people / Geordana Weber and Kathy T. Heffern -- Social work practice with transgender and gender nonconforming people / Carrie Davis -- Social work practice with lesbian individuals / Sarah Jane Dodd and Laura C. Booker -- Social work practice with gay individuals / Michael Shernoff -- Social work practice with lesbian couples / Laura C. Booker and Sarah Jane Dodd -- Social work practice with gay couples / L. Donald McVinney -- Group work practice with LGBTQ people / Mitchell Rosenwald -- Social work practice with lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender people within families ; Social work practice with LGBT parents / Gerald P. Mallon -- Community practice with LGBT people / Eli C. Nealy -- LGBT communities and health care / Brian J. Flynn -- Social work practice with LGBT people within organizations / George A. Appleby and Edgar Colon. |
| Other Titles: | Foundations of social work practice with lesbian and gay persons. |
| Responsibility: | Gerald P. Mallon, editor. |
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"Applying the person:environment perspective of Germain throughout, the contributors of these 15 essays help practitioners and practitioners in training to acquire sufficient knowledge to work toward meeting the needs of members of this community. Along with extensive reviews of the literature, contributors offer significant insights into lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) lives, including the values and ethics of social work practice with members of the LGBT community and LGBT people of color, social work practices with bisexual peopled and those who are transgender or gender-nonconforming, social work practice with lesbian and gay people, practice with lesbian and gay couples, work with those who are LGBT or questioning, practice within families and with LGBT parents, community practice, LGBT communities and health care, and social work with LGBT people within organizations. This works as a professional reference as well as a classroom text." -- Book News Inc., August 2008 "Each author provides important relevant practice information and applies current theories regarding LGBT practice issues. This second edition adds two important population groups: bisexual and transgender persons." Choice, February 2009 Read more...
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