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Lum (social work, California State U.-Sacramento) addresses the competency needs of new and experienced social work practitioners to work with people of color. He sets out a set of theoretical frameworks within which he elucidates the multifaceted themes common to the cultures of African, Latin, Asian, and Native Americans. He does not note the dates of the earlier editions, but here makes changes to reflect recent trends in the field and social science materials regarding culture and ethnicity. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
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This text offers a practical and well-defined model of social work practice with culturally diverse communities. The book defines generalist practice, human and cultural diversity, and multicultural social work and is ideal for all pre- and in-service social workers who deal with culturally diverse clients in family service centers, hospitals, mental health centers, and multicultural service centers. Lum uses a single family case study-the Hernandez family-to provide linkage and integration for the step-by-step description of the process-stage approach. He offers up-to-date coverage on women of color, refugees, and immigrants and includes information on the five-stage practice process model: contact, problem identification, assessment, intervention, and termination.
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