Social Work and Human Rights by Elisabeth Reichert
An overview of human rights concepts and laws for social workers that stresses the need to infuse human rights into social work policy and practice. The volume covers the history and development of human rights from the passage of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights in 1948 onwards.
Foundation documents provide an essential tool for understanding the issues and applying the understanding to concrete social policy advocacy and actionCanadian Association of Social Workers Bulletin A human rights compass-a preliminary guide for the translation of human rights for social workers... It is to be welcomed. -- Jeremy Roche European Journal of Social Work As soon as this text is published I will adopt it... The day-to-day applications of articles contained in an international policy instrument, such as the right to health care and nutrition, assist social workers in their lobbying efforts with government... This is a text which is overdue for social work students and faculty. -- Rosemary Link, Augsburg College Reichert makes human rights concepts come alive... Practice case examples and human rights analysis of the NASW's Code of Ethics are particularly valuable in orienting the reader to the domestic practice applications of the global human rights movement. -- Lynne M. Healy, University of Connecticut
Elizabeth Reichert teaches social work policy and practice at Southern Illinois University at Carbondale.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780231123099 |
| ISBN 10 | 0231123094 |
| Title | Social Work and Human Rights |
| Author | Elisabeth Reichert |
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| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Columbia University Press |
| Year published | 2003-03-26 |
| Number of pages | 304 |
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