Observation and Its Application to Social Work: Rather Like BreathingObservation helps students and social workers to assess dispassionately before intervening. The Tavistock Model of Observation, whic is informaed by psychiatric ideas (especially those of Melanie Klein and Wilfred Bion) forms the theoretical basis of this general book on the role of observation in social work. |
Contents
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS | 8 |
The Observer as Participant 183 | 13 |
The Dimensions of Observation | 17 |
Figures | 20 |
Towards an Equality Model | 39 |
A Process and an Event | 63 |
Observing the Unthinkable in Residential Care | 91 |
Beyond the Bureauprofessional | 111 |
Holding a Mirror to the Institution | 143 |
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