Rural Social Work: International perspectives ISBN:978-1-86134-720-6 Areas covered include: working within

Areas covered include: working within primary care

Social work is a diverse and contested activity in which national traditions and cultural factors affect its form and its adaptation to changing political and socio-economic conditions

It provides both global and localised perspectives of many of the central political conflicts of the 20th and the 21st centuries

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Rural Social Work: International perspectives ISBN:978-1-86134-720-6 Areas covered include: working withinIn much of the West the concerns of rural people are marginalised and rural issues neglected. This stimulating book draws upon a rich variety of material to show why rural social work is such a challenging field of practice. It incorporates research from different disciplines and places to provide an accessible and comprehensive introduction to rural practice. The first part of the book focuses upon the experience of rurality. The second part of the