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Feminism and social work in the year 2000: conflicts and controversies
 — national conference held at Northorpe Hall, Mirfield, West Yorkshire on 11 October 1996
Author(s)Barbara Fawcett, Marie Galloway, Julie Perrins
Corporate AuthorDepartment of Applied Social Studies, University of Bradford
PublisherUniversity of Bradford, Bradford, 1997
Pages114 pp
SourceDepartment of Applied Social Studies, University of Bradford, West Yorkshire BD7 1DP.
KeywordsSocial work ; Women's movement ; Older women ; Dying ; Ageing process ; Community care ; Care homes ; Domiciliary services ; Conference proceedings.
AnnotationThe papers at this conference examined the impact and influences of feminism towards anti-oppressive and anti-sexist practices in social work. Feminist perspectives in social work, and issues relating to child care provision and adult services are offered. Papers of particular interest look at ways of developing an empowering social work practice with women who are dying, the impact of contracting-out of home help services on women workers, and the impact of the community care reforms on home care services and residential home provision.
Accession NumberCPA-971111214 B
ClassmarkIG: SH:TM8: BD: CX: BG: PA: KW: N: 6M

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