Diagnosis in Social Work: New Imperatives

Assessment and diagnostic skills are essential professional tools for the social worker, but all too often they are neglected or downplayed. Diagnosis in Social Work calls for the reinstatement of social diagnosis to its former place as an essential concept in social work and demonstrates the detrimental impact of the loss of diagnostic skills on the quality of social work intervention today. Combining meticulous history with insightful analysis, Diagnosis in Social Work includes everything social work practitioners, educators, and students need to know about the process and meaning of this sorely neglected part of the field! Book jacket.