Social Welfare & Social Services

With its focus on demonstrated competency,  Social Work and Social Welfare: An Introduction provides an additional rationale and theme illustrating...

Legal Aspects of Emergency Services introduces members of fire and emergency medical services to the legal system in the United States, showing the...

Explore the role and function of the generalist human services provider contextually, within a range of practice settings and social problems. Thi...

The Care Act 2014 represents a major upheaval in adult social care law: the biggest since 1948. This book sets out and explains the provisions of t...

This book draws on interviews carried out over a period of eight years, as well as novels, films, and domestic violence literature, to explain the ...

This textbook equips social workers and human services practitioners with the knowledge and skills to work effectively with both the victims and pe...

In this groundbreaking work, Susan L. Burns examines the history of leprosy in Japan from medieval times until the present. At the center of Kingdo...

The research literature on the impact of alcohol on the brain has seen a rapid expansion in recent years. Alcohol and the Adult Brain presents an u...