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Constructing women in child protection work.
- Source :
- Child & Family Social Work; Feb2001, Vol. 6 Issue 1, p77-87, 11p
- Publication Year :
- 2001
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Abstract
- This paper is based on an ethnographic study of the occupational culture of a social work team in the UK. It is a discussion of some key aspects of social workers’ construction of women as clients. Data were collected from observation of routine case talk, reading of case files and in-depth interviews with social workers. The conclusion of the research is that three defining discourses can be identified in the culture of the social work office: women as oppressed, women as responsible for protection, and women as making choices. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- ETHNOLOGY
SOCIAL services
SOCIAL workers
SOCIAL conditions of women
PUBLIC welfare
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Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 13567500
- Volume :
- 6
- Issue :
- 1
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- Child & Family Social Work
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 5465435
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1046/j.1365-2206.2001.00189.x