Social Welfare & Social Services

On 21 October 1966, 116 children and 28 adults died when a mountainside coal tip collapsed, engulfing homes and part of a school in the village of ...

Disaster strikes, transforming cities and towns into graveyards and wastelands in a matter of minutes. But help is on its way: news channels and so...

Disaster strikes, transforming cities and towns into graveyards and wastelands in a matter of minutes. But help is on its way: news channels and so...

The Obama Administrations Feed the Future (FTF) Initiative is a U.S. international development program launched in 2010 that invests in food securi...

Stern Magazine, the Black Scorpion: we will aim at everything - even if it is not moving Surrey Life magazine: George S Boughton was an oil engi...

Medecins Sans Frontieres, or MSF (aka Doctors Without Borders), was founded in 1971 by rebellious French doctors. It is arguably the most respected...

A PACIFIC NORTHWEST BOOKSELLERS ASSOCIATION BESTSELLER A fascinating look (Esquire) at the thrilling world of smokejumpers, the airborne firefight...

Twenty years ago, the most common cause of death for medical humanitarians and other aid workers was traffic accidents; today, it is violent attack...

The reconstruction of Kosovo after 1999 was one of the largest and most ambitious international interventions in a post-conflict country. The Unite...

Caring for the wounded in the World War II Pacific Theater posed serious challenges to doctors and surgeons. The thick jungles, remote atolls and h...

Amid all the complicated economic theories about the causes and solutions to poverty, one idea is so basic it seems radical: just give money to the...

Disasters, both natural and man-made, are on the rise. Indeed, a catastrophe of one sort or another seems always to be unfolding somewhere on th...

Supporting students on placements in health and social care settings, this accessible guide provides a framework for understanding the theory behin...

Women''s Health in Canada considers the challenges relating to the conceptualization of women''s health. While emphasizing the importance of taking...

Gambling is a huge business in Canada, producing vast revenue for investors, as well as for the government. Yet for hundreds of thousands of Canadi...

Social Work and Disability offers a contemporary and critical exploration of social work practice with people with physical and sensory impairments...