Social Work With Rural Peoples

Download or read book Rural Social Work in the 21st Century written by Michael Daley and published by . This book was released on 2020-03-06 with total page 385 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The second edition of this book provides a comprehensive overview of the knowledge, skills, values, ethics, and issues central to the practice of social work in small towns and rural communities with updated information and a new chapter on social, economic, and environmental justice. The topics covered include the importance of rural social work, defining rural, and the rewards and challenges of rural practice. It addresses rural culture, behavior, and, language, diversity, and how social policy affects rural communities. Later chapters discuss rural social services, the history of rural social work, a model for rural social work practice, and ethical practice. The final chapters focus on the practice of rural social work, social, economic, and environmental justice, and challenges for the future. Rural social work, rural, social work, ethics, history, rural culture, generalist practice, environmental justice"--