Social Work, Social Welfare, and American Society (with Research Navigator)

by Popple, Philip R.; Leighninger, Leslie

• ISBN13: 9780205401819
• ISBN10: 0205401813
• Edition: 6th
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2005-01-01
• Publisher: Allyn & Bacon

Summary

This popular book provides a political perspective on social welfare to aid appreciation of the ideological context of contemporary social welfare programs. Written by two of the best-known authors in social work and social welfare, the Sixth Edition continues to examine the values, ethics, and knowledge needed by practioners of social worker. This book also explores the role of the contemporary social worker in social welfare programs and defines liberal, conservative, and radical positions. Strong, integrated coverage of the historical and political context of social welfare with definitions and comprehensive chapters on poverty cover theory, economics, and past and present anti-poverty programs to aid understanding of basic concepts and relate theory to practice. the latest edition includes new data from the National Opinion Research Corporation (NORC) and greater emphasis upon the belief that to understand social welfare one must understand the ideological positions that shape social welfare.

Table of Contents

Foreword to the Second Edition	ix
Foreword to the First Edition	xi
Preface	xiii
Contributors	xv
Introduction	1	(6)
Suzanne B. Cassidy
Judith E. Allanson
Aarskog Syndrome	7	(6)
Roger E. Stevenson
Achondroplasia	13	(18)
Richard M. Pauli
Alagille Syndrome	31	(10)
Binita M. Kamath
Ian D. Krantz
Albinism and Hermansky-Pudlak Syndrome	41	(12)
Richard A. King
C. Gail Summers
Angelman Syndrome	53	(10)
Charles A. Williams
Arthrogryposis	63	(14)
Judith G. Hall
ATR-X	77	(10)
Richard J. Gibbons
Bardet-Biedl Syndrome	87	(14)
Anne M. Slavotinek
Beckwith-Wiedemann Syndrome and Hemihyperplasia	101	(16)
Rosanna Weksberg
Cheryl Shuman
Charge Association	117	(10)
Christine A. Oley
Coffin-Lowry Syndrome	127	(12)
Alasdair G. W. Hunter
Cornelia de Lange Syndrome	139	(12)
David R. Fitzpatrick
Antonie D. Kline
Costello Syndrome	151	(12)
Angela E. Lin
Karen W. Gripp
Bronwyn Kerr
Craniosynostosis Syndromes	163	(8)
Karen W. Gripp
Elaine H. Zackai
Deletion 22q13 Syndrome (Phelan-McDermid Syndrome)	171	(12)
Mary C. Phelan
Gail A. Stapleton
R. Curtis Rogers
Denys-Drash and Frasier Syndromes	183	(8)
Carol L. Clericuzio
Down Syndrome	191	(20)
Alasdair G. W. Hunter
Ehlers-Danlos Syndromes	211	(14)
Richard J. Wenstrup
Leah B. Hoechstetter
Fetal Alcohol Syndrome and Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder	225	(14)
Albert E. Chudley
Sally E. Longstaffe
Fetal Anticonvulsant Syndrome	239	(12)
Renata C. Gallagher
Kerry Kingham
H. Eugene Hoyme
Fragile X Syndrome	251	(14)
Randi J. Hagerman
Gorlin Syndrome (Nevoid Basal Cell Carcinoma Syndrome)	265	(14)
Peter Farndon
Hereditary Hemorrhagic Telangiectasia	279	(12)
Mary E. M. Porteous
Jonathan N. Berg
Holoprosencephaly	291	(18)
Andrea L. Gropman
Maximilian Muenke
Incontinentia Pigmenti	309	(6)
Dian Donnai
Kabuki Syndrome	315	(8)
Louanne Hudgins
Klinefelter Syndrome	323	(12)
Joe Leigh Simpson
John M. Graham, Jr.
Carole Samango-Sprouse
Ronald Swerdloff
Marfan Syndrome	335	(16)
Iris Schrijver
Deborah M. Alcorn
Uta Francke
Myotonic Dystrophy Type 1	351	(18)
Christine E. M. De Die-Smulders
Frans G. I. Jennekens
Chris J. Howeler
Neurofibromatosis Type 1	369	(16)
David Viskochil
Noonan Syndrome	385	(14)
Judith E. Allanson
Oculo-Auriculo-Vertebral Spectrum	399	(8)
Robert J. Gorlin
Osteogenesis Imperfecta	407	(14)
Joan C. Marini
Anne D. Letocha
Edith J. Chernoff
Pallister-Hall and Greig Cephalopolysyndactyly Syndromes	421	(8)
Leslie G. Biesecker
Prader-Willi Syndrome	429	(20)
Suzanne B. Cassidy
Shawn E. McCandless
Proteus Syndrome	449	(8)
Leslie G. Biesecker
Rett Syndrome	457	(12)
Eric E. Smeets
Connie T. R. M. Schrander-Stumpel
Robin Sequence	469	(10)
Robert J. Shprintzen
Rubinstein-Taybi Syndrome	479	(10)
Raoul C. M. Hennekam
Russell-Silver Syndrome	489	(8)
Howard M. Saal
Smith-Lemli-Opitz Syndrome	497	(10)
Christopher Cunniff
Theresa A. Grebe
Smith-Magenis Syndrome	507	(20)
Ann C. M. Smith
Andrea Gropman
Sotos Syndrome	527	(12)
Trevor R. P. Cole
Stickler Syndrome	539	(8)
Clair Francomano
Douglas J. Wilkin
Ruth M. Liberfarb
Treacher Collins Syndrome	547	(8)
Marilyn C. Jones
Trisomy 18 and Trisomy 13 Syndromes	555	(14)
John C. Carey
Tuberous Sclerosis	569	(20)
John R. W. Yates
Turner Syndrome	589	(18)
Virginia P. Sybert
Vater Association	607	(8)
Bryan D. Hall
Velo-Cardio-Facial Syndrome	615	(18)
Robert J. Shprintzen
Von Hippel-Lindau Syndrome	633	(12)
R. Neil Schimke
Debra L. Collins
WAGR Syndrome	645	(10)
Carol L. Clericuzio
Williams Syndrome	655	(12)
Colleen A. Morris
Wolf-Hirschhorn (4p-) Syndrome	667	(10)
Agatino Battaglia
Index	677