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Advocacy practice for social justice.


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Advocacy practice for social justice.

Hoefer, Richard.

Lyceum Lyceum, gymnasium near ancient Athens
Lyceum (līsē`əm), gymnasium near ancient Athens. There Aristotle taught; hence the extension of the term lyceum to Aristotle's school of philosophers, the Peripatetics.
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2006

203 pages

$29.95

Paperback

HV40

Many texts treat social advocacy as a sideline sideline

See on the sidelines.
 of "regular" social work. Hoefer (U. of Texas-Arlington) emphasizes advocacy as a problem-solving modality modality /mo·dal·i·ty/ (mo-dal´i-te)
1. a method of application of, or the employment of, any therapeutic agent, especially a physical agent.

2.
 that fits well into a generalist gen·er·al·ist
n.
A physician whose practice is not oriented in a specific medical specialty but instead covers a variety of medical problems.


generalist 
 model of practice. Based on the profession's history, personal experience, and empirical support, he explains ethical imperatives for advocacy, how to get involved and evaluate one's efforts. Chapters include suggested further reading.

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