British Journal of Social Work

Articles:

Nigel Parton

Rethinking Professional Practice: The contributions of Social Constructionism and the Feminist ‘Ethics of Care’
Br J Soc Work 2003 33: 1-16; doi:10.1093/bjsw/33.1.1 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Kwong-leung Tang

Combating Racial Discrimination: The Effectiveness of an International Legal Regime
Br J Soc Work 2003 33: 17-29; doi:10.1093/bjsw/33.1.17 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Elinor Nicholas

An Outcomes Focus in Carer Assessment and Review: Value and Challenge
Br J Soc Work 2003 33: 31-47; doi:10.1093/bjsw/33.1.31 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Enrique Rebolloso Pacheco, Sonia Hernández Plaza, Baltazar Fernández-Ramirez, and Pilar Cantón Andrés

The Implications of Immigration for the Training of Social Work Professionals in Spain
Br J Soc Work 2003 33: 49-65; doi:10.1093/bjsw/33.1.49 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Richard Pugh

Considering the Countryside: Is There a Case for Rural Social Work?
Br J Soc Work 2003 33: 67-85; doi:10.1093/bjsw/33.1.67 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Johanna Woodcock

The Social Work Assessment of Parenting: An Exploration
Br J Soc Work 2003 33: 87-106; doi:10.1093/bjsw/33.1.87 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Hazel Qureshi

A response to Dempster and Donnelly ‘Outcome Measurement and Service Evaluation—a note on research design’: The importance of understanding social care outcomes
Br J Soc Work 2003 33: 117-120; doi:10.1093/bjsw/33.1.117 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Critical Commentaries:

Ian F. Shaw

Cutting Edge Issues in Social Work Research
Br J Soc Work 2003 33: 107-120; doi:10.1093/bjsw/33.1.107 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Book Reviews:

David Berridge

Attachment, Trauma and Resilience: Therapeutic Caring for Children, Kate Cairns, London, British Agencies for Adoption and Fostering, 2002, pp. i + 182, ISBN 190369910X, £9.95
Br J Soc Work 2003 33: 121-122; doi:10.1093/bjsw/33.1.121 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Roger Bullock

Knowledge of Evil: Child Prostitution and Child Sexual Abuse in Twentieth Century England, Alyson Brown and David Barrett, Cullompton, Willan Publications, 2002, pp. 212, ISBN 1–903240–63–8 £25.00 (hbk)
Br J Soc Work 2003 33: 122-123; doi:10.1093/bjsw/33.1.122 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Avril Butler

Equalising Opportunities, Minimising Oppression: A Critical Review of Anti-Discriminatory Policies in Health and Social Welfare, Dylan Ronald Tomlinson and Winston Trew (eds.), London, Routledge, 2002, pp viii+179, ISBN 0 415 25087 0, £15.99
Br J Soc Work 2003 33: 123-125; doi:10.1093/bjsw/33.1.123 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Sue Fyvel

Families in Conflict: Perspectives of Children and Parents on the Court Welfare Service, Ann Buchanan, Joan Hunt, Harriet Bretherton and Victoria Bream, Bristol, The Policy Press, 2001, pp. vii + 114, ISBN 1 861 34 333 7, £16.99
Br J Soc Work 2003 33: 125-127; doi:10.1093/bjsw/33.1.125 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Malcolm Golightley

Family Work for Schizophrenia: A Practical Guide, Elizabeth Kuipers, Julian Leff and Dominic Lam, London, Gaskill, 2002, pp. 160, ISBN 1 901242 77 3, £15.00
Br J Soc Work 2003 33: 127-128; doi:10.1093/bjsw/33.1.127 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Brian Littlechild

Child Maltreatment in the Family: The Experience of a National Sample of Young People, Pat Cawson, London, National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children, 2002, pp. x + , ISBN 1–84228–013–9, £15
Br J Soc Work 2003 33: 128-130; doi:10.1093/bjsw/33.1.128 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Ian Shaw

Science and Social Work: A Critical Appraisal, Stuart A Kirk and William J Reid, New York: Columbia University Press, 2002 pp. xi+269, ISBN 0 231 11825 2, £15.00
Br J Soc Work 2003 33: 130-131; doi:10.1093/bjsw/33.1.130 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Phyllis R. Silverman

On Death, Dying and Not Dying, Peter Houghton, London and Philadelphia: Jessica Kingsley Publishers, 2001, pp. 176, ISBN 1 84310 0207, $15.95
Br J Soc Work 2003 33: 131-133; doi:10.1093/bjsw/33.1.131 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Pat Walton

Children's Rights in Education, Stuart Hart, Cynthia Price Cohen, Martha Farrell Erickson and Malfrid Flekkoy (eds.), London and Philadelphia, Jessica Kingsley, 2001, pp. 229, ISBN 1 85302 977 7
Br J Soc Work 2003 33: 133-134; doi:10.1093/bjsw/33.1.133 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Books Received:

Br J Soc Work 2003 33: 135-136; doi:10.1093/bjsw/33.1.135 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

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