British Journal of Social Work

Editorial

Hazel Kemshall

Editorial
BJSW Advance Access published on April 15, 2009
Br J Soc Work 2009 39: 987-989; doi:10.1093/bjsw/bcp043 [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Articles

Get checked abstract Ben Gray

Befriending Excluded Families in Tower Hamlets: The Emotional Labour of Family Support Workers in Cases of Child Protection and Family Support
BJSW Advance Access published on March 7, 2008
Br J Soc Work 2009 39: 990-1007; doi:10.1093/bjsw/bcn023 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Johanna Woodcock Ross, Lucy Hooper, Elizabeth Stenhouse, and Rod Sheaff

What Are Child-Care Social Workers Doing in Relation to Infant Mental Health? An Exploration of Professional Ideologies and Practice Preferences within an Inter-Agency Context
BJSW Advance Access published on March 26, 2008
Br J Soc Work 2009 39: 1008-1025; doi:10.1093/bjsw/bcn029 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Mary Larkin

Life after Caring: The Post-Caring Experiences of Former Carers
BJSW Advance Access published on March 27, 2008
Br J Soc Work 2009 39: 1026-1042; doi:10.1093/bjsw/bcn030 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Gary Clapton

‘Yesterday's Men’: The Inspectors of the Royal Scottish Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children, 1888–1968
BJSW Advance Access published on March 31, 2008
Br J Soc Work 2009 39: 1043-1062; doi:10.1093/bjsw/bcn031 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Roni Strier

Community Anti-Poverty Strategies: A Conceptual Framework for a Critical Discussion
BJSW Advance Access published on January 23, 2008
Br J Soc Work 2009 39: 1063-1081; doi:10.1093/bjsw/bcm149 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Gai Harrison

Language Politics, Linguistic Capital and Bilingual Practitioners in Social Work
BJSW Advance Access published on February 6, 2008
Br J Soc Work 2009 39: 1082-1100; doi:10.1093/bjsw/bcm153 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Hugh McLaughlin

What's in a Name: ‘Client’, ‘Patient’, ‘Customer’, ‘Consumer’, ‘Expert by Experience’, ‘Service User’—What's Next?
BJSW Advance Access published on February 21, 2008
Br J Soc Work 2009 39: 1101-1117; doi:10.1093/bjsw/bcm155 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Rachel Harding and Paul Hamilton

Working Girls: Abuse or Choice in Street-Level Sex Work? A Study of Homeless Women in Nottingham
BJSW Advance Access published on February 29, 2008
Br J Soc Work 2009 39: 1118-1137; doi:10.1093/bjsw/bcm157 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Richard Hugman

But Is It Social Work? Some Reflections on Mistaken Identities
BJSW Advance Access published on February 26, 2008
Br J Soc Work 2009 39: 1138-1153; doi:10.1093/bjsw/bcm158 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Rachel Lev-Wiesel, Hadass Goldblatt, Zvi Eisikovits, and Hanna Admi

Growth in the Shadow of War: The Case of Social Workers and Nurses Working in a Shared War Reality
BJSW Advance Access published on March 5, 2008
Br J Soc Work 2009 39: 1154-1174; doi:10.1093/bjsw/bcn021 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Book Reviews

Stephen Pugh

The Social World of Older People: Understanding Loneliness and Social Isolation in Later Life, Christina Victor, Sasha Scambler and John Bond, Maidenhead, Open University Press/McGraw Hill Education, 2009, pp. ix + 262, ISBN 978-0-335-21521-8 (pbk), £22.99
Br J Soc Work 2009 39: 1175-1176; doi:10.1093/bjsw/bcp090 [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Christine Cocker

Costs and Consequences of Placing Children in Care, Harriet Ward, Lisa Holmes and Jean Soper, London, Jessica Kingsley, 2008, pp. 288, ISBN 978 1 84310 273 1 (hb),£39.99
Br J Soc Work 2009 39: 1176-1178; doi:10.1093/bjsw/bcp091 [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

David Crimmens

Rethinking Residential Child Care: Positive Perspectives, Mark Smith, Bristol, The Policy Press, 2009, pp. v +199, ISBN 9781861349088 (pbk), £22.99
Br J Soc Work 2009 39: 1179-1181; doi:10.1093/bjsw/bcp092 [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

David Edmondson

Social Work and Mental Health, John Archambeault, Exeter, Learning Matters, 2009, pp. iii + 179, ISBN 9781844451470 (pbk), £22.00
Br J Soc Work 2009 39: 1181-1182; doi:10.1093/bjsw/bcp093 [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Chris Grover

Understanding Social Security, 2nd edn, Jane Millar (ed.), Bristol, The Policy Press, 2009, pp. xxii + 322, ISBN 978 1 84742 1 869 (pbk), £21.99
Br J Soc Work 2009 39: 1182-1184; doi:10.1093/bjsw/bcp094 [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Andrew Hill

The Child Placement Handbook: Research, Policy and Practice, Gillian Schofield and John Simmonds (eds), London, British Association of Adoption and Fostering, 2009, pp. x + 480, ISBN 978 1 905664 46 7 (pbk), £24.95
Br J Soc Work 2009 39: 1184-1185; doi:10.1093/bjsw/bcp095 [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Julia Warrener

Personality Disorder: The Definitive Reader, Gwen Adshead and Caroline Jacob (eds), London, Jessica Kingsley, 2009, pp. 278, ISBN 978-1-84310-640-1 (pbk), £22.99
Br J Soc Work 2009 39: 1185-1187; doi:10.1093/bjsw/bcp096 [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Joy Trotter

Mundane Heterosexualities: From Theory to Practices, Jenny Hockey, Angela Meah and Victoria Robinson, Basingstoke, Palgrave Macmillan, 2007, pp. 206, ISBN 9781403997456 (hb), £50.00
Br J Soc Work 2009 39: 1187-1189; doi:10.1093/bjsw/bcp097 [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Books Received

Books Received
Br J Soc Work 2009 39: 1190-1191; doi:10.1093/bjsw/bcp098 [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

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