Not Just a Passing Phase: Social Work with Gay, Lesbian, and Bisexual People

Barbara W. Gerber
An excellent text and reference work. . . . . It can stand alone as an excellent sourcebook for many people.


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"A wonderful addition to the professional's library, and, as many of my master's level students can attest, it provides an excellent, in-depth scholarly coverage of a topic that has been long overlooked.... A rich concoction of thoughtful scholarship and thoughtful analysis." -- Affilia


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This textbook helps social workers understand and meet the needs of lesbian, gay, and bisexual people...provides a blueprint for knowledge development and dissemination in the field.


Book Description
This comprehensive textbook helps social workers understand and meet the needs of lesbian, gay, and bisexual people. It outlines approaches to a range of everyday problems associated with oppression, family acceptance, shame, identity development, HIV disease, addiction, and more.


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This text is designed to prepare social workers to better assess the concerns, problems, and issues presented by gay, lesbian, and bisexual clients and their families. The authors survey current scholarship, providing a foundation for the subject. Then they address the special needs of gay, lesbian, and bisexual adolescents as well as as older people, and discuss important issues such as HIV and AIDS, violence, and mental health. Paper edition (10323-9), $21.50. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.


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