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This book is a guide to understanding the important issue of stigma - 'associated disadvantage' - which affects not only those who are excluded from society, but also family members and friends. "Social Work and Disadvantage" explains the impact of stigmatization on siblings, families and workers in the caring professions and its consequences for the people it affects and for society as a whole. Contributors provide evidence from research and professional practice on transferability of health and social problems in, for example, dementia care patients, drug users and looked after children. Providing key messages for practice, they outline a range of protection measures to reduce the risk of stigma and victimization. "Social Work and Disadvantage" provides valuable advice and guidance for social work and health care practitioners, educators and students.
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Social Work and Disadvantage Addressing the Roots of Stigma Through Association Edited by Peter Burke and Jonathan Parker
Jessica Kingsley Publishers London and Philadelphia
First published in 2007 by Jessica Kingsley Publishers 116 Pentonville Road London N1 9JB, UK and 400 Market Street, Suite 400 Philadelphia, PA 19106, USA www.jkp.com Copyright © Jessica Kingsley Publishers 2007 The right of the contributors to be identified as authors of this work has been asserted by them in accordance with the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced in any material form (including photocopying or storing it in any medium by electronic means and whether or not transiently or incidentally to some other use of this publication) without the written permission of the copyright owner except in accordance with the provisions of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 or under the terms of a licence issued by the Copyright Licensing Agency Ltd, 90 Tottenham Court Road, London, England W1T 4LP. Applications for the copyright owner’s written permission to reproduce any part of this publication should be addressed to the publisher. Warning: The doing of an unauthorised act in relation to a copyright work may result in both a civil claim for damages and criminal prosecution. Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data
Social work and disadvantage : addressing the roots of stigma through association / edited by Peter Burke and Jonathan Parker. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN-13: 978-1-84310-364-6 (pbk.) ISBN-10: 1-84310-364-8 (pbk.) 1. Social work with people with disabilities. 2. Sociology of disability. 3. Stigma (Social psychology) I. Burke, Peter, 1948- II. Parker, Jonathan, 1960HV1568.S696 20