Die Afrikaanse Protestantse Akademie Biblioteek

Includes bibliographical references and index.

History of social problems and social welfare: AIDS and cultural change, lessons from plagues of the past / M.K. Thornton and R.L. Thornton; Bethlem/Bedlam, methods of madness / R. Porter; Roslyn's mutual aid lodges, between assimilation and cultural continuity, 1887-1940 / D.J. Burnham; What made the government grow / B.A. Weisberger; Violence in America / D.T. Courtwright -- Current social problems and issues, poverty, discrimination, and affirmative action: Poverty 101, what liberals and conservatives can learn from each other / D. Kuo; Counting race and ethnicity, options for the 2000 census / J. Lichtenberg ... [et al.] -- Social security and welfare reform: Replacing welfare, options for the future / K.S. Chi; What government must do / C. Murray; Girding for disaster / R. Conniff -- Social services for families, children, and the aged: Youth at risk, saving the world's most precious resource / G. Stephens; Transitional independent living foster homes, a step towards independence / L.A. Colca and C. Colca; Legal issues in nonrelated infant adoption, nursing implications / S.L. Lobar, S. Phillips, and L.A. Simunek [Cont. in Annot.]

[TofC cont.] Social services in health, mental health and mental retardation, housing, corrections, and the private sector: Universal health care coverage in the United States, barriers, prospects, and implications / S. Gorin; Safe to talk, abortion narratives as rite of return / H.S. Edelman; Religion/spirituality and health among elderly African Americans and Hispanics / J.M. Stolley and H. Koenig; Lobotomy's back / F.T. Vertosick Jr.; Discharging sicker, potentially violent psychiatric inpatients in the managed care era, standard of care and risk management / R.I. Simon; Pay per plea, public defenders come at a price / E. Middlewood; Unequal justice, preserving the rights of the mentally retarded in the criminal justice system / F. Pelka; Private prisons / E. Bates; Inmates, Inc, in favor of prison labor / M. Grayson; Turning employees into stakeholders / C.T. Geer. The articles in this [book] were chosen from a wide range of journals ... -To the reader. [The] articles are [written] by social scientists, educators, researchers, and writers providing effective and useful perspectives on today's important topics in the study of social welfare and social work. -Back cover.