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Roger Smith
Editorial
BJSW Advance Access published on October 3, 2008
Br J Soc Work 2008 38: 1265-1267; doi:10.1093/bjsw/bcn138 [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Michael Sheppard
How Important Is Prevention? High Thresholds and Outcomes for Applicants Refused by Children’s Services: A Six-Month Follow-Up
BJSW Advance Access published on April 18, 2007
Br J Soc Work 2008 38: 1268-1282; doi:10.1093/bjsw/bcm019 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Elizabeth Fernandez
Unravelling Emotional, Behavioural and Educational Outcomes in a Longitudinal Study of Children in Foster-Care
BJSW Advance Access published on April 18, 2007
Br J Soc Work 2008 38: 1283-1301; doi:10.1093/bjsw/bcm028 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Donald Forrester, Jim McCambridge, Clara Waissbein, Rhoda Emlyn-Jones, and Stephen Rollnick
Child Risk and Parental Resistance: Can Motivational Interviewing Improve the Practice of Child and Family Social Workers in Working with Parental Alcohol Misuse?
BJSW Advance Access published on February 7, 2007
Br J Soc Work 2008 38: 1302-1319; doi:10.1093/bjsw/bcl394 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Irene Stevens and Pat Cox
Complexity Theory: Developing New Understandings of Child Protection in Field Settings and in Residential Child Care
BJSW Advance Access published on July 25, 2007
Br J Soc Work 2008 38: 1320-1336; doi:10.1093/bjsw/bcm052 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Elizabeth Price
Pride or Prejudice? Gay Men, Lesbians and Dementia
BJSW Advance Access published on April 18, 2007
Br J Soc Work 2008 38: 1337-1352; doi:10.1093/bjsw/bcm027 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Debbie Plath
Independence in Old Age: The Route to Social Exclusion?
BJSW Advance Access published on July 31, 2007
Br J Soc Work 2008 38: 1353-1369; doi:10.1093/bjsw/bcm045 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Ann McDonald, Karen Postle, and Carol Dawson
Barriers to Retaining and Using Professional Knowledge in Local Authority Social Work Practice with Adults in the UK
BJSW Advance Access published on April 25, 2007
Br J Soc Work 2008 38: 1370-1387; doi:10.1093/bjsw/bcm042 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Peter Beresford, Suzy Croft, and Lesley Adshead
‘We Don’t See Her as a Social Worker’: A Service User Case Study of the Importance of the Social Worker’s Relationship and Humanity
BJSW Advance Access published on May 24, 2007
Br J Soc Work 2008 38: 1388-1407; doi:10.1093/bjsw/bcm043 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Maddy Coy
Young Women, Local Authority Care and Selling Sex: Findings from Research
BJSW Advance Access published on August 20, 2007
Br J Soc Work 2008 38: 1408-1424; doi:10.1093/bjsw/bcm049 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Behnam Behnia
Trust Development: A Discussion of Three Approaches and a Proposed Alternative
BJSW Advance Access published on July 31, 2007
Br J Soc Work 2008 38: 1425-1441; doi:10.1093/bjsw/bcm053 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

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Avril Butler
African American Behaviour in the Social Environment: New Perspectives, J. Camille Hall and Stan L. Bowie (eds), New York, The Haworth Press, 2007, pp. xxii + 466, ISBN 9780789033253, $45.00
Br J Soc Work 2008 38: 1442-1443; doi:10.1093/bjsw/bcn123 [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Robert Adams
The McDonalidization of Social Work, Donna Dustin, Aldershot, Ashgate, 2007, pp. xvii + 189, ISBN 13: 9780754646396, $89.95/£45.00
Br J Soc Work 2008 38: 1443-1445; doi:10.1093/bjsw/bcn124 [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Kam Wah Chan
Social Policy in China: Development and Well-Being, Chak Kwan Chan, King Lun Ngok and David Phillips, Bristol, The Policy Press, 2008, pp. xiii+234, ISBN 978 1 86134 880 7, £22.99
Br J Soc Work 2008 38: 1445-1447; doi:10.1093/bjsw/bcn125 [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Steve J. Hothersall
Human Behaviour and the Social Environment-Micro Level: Individuals and Families, Katherine van Wormer, Oxford University Press, USA, 2007, pp. 256, ISBN 13 978-0-19-518756-4, $36.50 • Human Behaviour and the Social Environment-Macro Level: Groups, Communities and Organizations, Katherine van Wormer, Fred H. Besthorn and Thomas Keefe, Oxford University Press, USA, 2007, pp. 328, ISBN 13 978-0-19-518754-0, $37.50
Br J Soc Work 2008 38: 1447-1449; doi:10.1093/bjsw/bcn126 [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Jacob Kornbeck
Grundriss Soziale Arbeit: Eine Einführung, Werner Thole (ed.), Opladen, Leske + Budrich, 2002, pp. 976, ISBN 3-8100-3319-7, {euro}49.00 (hbk), ISBN 3-8100-3277-8, {euro}39.00 (pbk) • Handbuch Sozialarbeit/Sozialpädagogik: 3. Auflage, Hans-Uwe Otto and Hans Thiersch (eds), Munich, Reinhardt, 2005, pp. 2062, ISBN 3-472-03616-8, {euro}59.00 (hbk) • Lexikon der Sozialpädagogik und der Sozialarbeit: 4. Auflage, Franz Stimmer (ed.), Munich, Oldenbourg, 2000, pp. 816, ISBN 3-486253697, {euro}32.00 (hbk) • Fachlexikon der sozialen Arbeit: 5. Auflage, Berlin, Deutscher Verein für öffentliche und private Fürsorge, 2005, pp. 1234, ISBN 3-89983-048-2, {euro}44.00 (non-members), {euro}32.50 (members) (pbk)
Br J Soc Work 2008 38: 1449-1454; doi:10.1093/bjsw/bcn127 [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Patti Simonson
Community Care, Policy and Practice, 4th edn, Robin Means, Sally Richards and Randall Smith, Basingstoke, Palgrave Macmillan, 2008, pp. vii+263, ISBN 978 0 230 00674 4, £21.99
Br J Soc Work 2008 38: 1454-1455; doi:10.1093/bjsw/bcn128 [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

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Books Received
Br J Soc Work 2008 38: 1456-1457; doi:10.1093/bjsw/bcn122 [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

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