Constructing clienthood in social work and human services :
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[Book]
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interaction, identities, and practices /
First Statement of Responsibility
edited by Christopher Hall [and others].
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Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.
New York :
Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.
Jessica Kingsley Publishers,
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
2003.
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
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1 online resource (272 pages)
INTERNAL BIBLIOGRAPHIES/INDEXES NOTE
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 234-255) and indexes.
CONTENTS NOTE
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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.
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SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
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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 'client', it presents in-depth discussion of the roles, language and contexts of meetings between social workers and their clients. International contributors present discussion on categorization, analyzing 'roles', and reflexive practice. Drawing data from a variety of sources, including legislation, client.
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Ingram Content Group
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JessicaKingsleyPublishers9781846424120
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Title
Constructing clienthood in social work and human services.