A cultural approach to social work studies

More than ever social workers have to face people from cultures other than their own. How can this professional group best meet the multicultural reality of today’s society? It is in the social work study programs that the basis is laid for good cultural understanding in social work practice. It is...

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Main Author: Toril Jenssen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: University of Stavanger 2015-03-01
Series:Journal of Comparative Social Work
Online Access:http://journal.uia.no/index.php/JCSW/article/view/285
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spelling doaj-9e7da18ade1740ed98c833b00f6bed3f2020-11-24T21:59:21ZengUniversity of StavangerJournal of Comparative Social Work0809-99362015-03-0131216A cultural approach to social work studiesToril JenssenMore than ever social workers have to face people from cultures other than their own. How can this professional group best meet the multicultural reality of today’s society? It is in the social work study programs that the basis is laid for good cultural understanding in social work practice. It is also there that the basis is laid for social workers to orientate their work towards cultural processes that are relevant to the welfare situation of people.<br /><br />http://journal.uia.no/index.php/JCSW/article/view/285
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