Social workers' knowledge of client culture and its use in mental health care of English-speaking Caribbean immigrants.
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Title
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Social workers' knowledge of client culture and its use in mental health care of English-speaking Caribbean immigrants.
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Identifier
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AAI9510692
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identifier
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9510692
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Creator
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Matthews, Lear.
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Contributor
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Adviser: Gary Anderson
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Date
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1994
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Language
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English
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Publisher
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City University of New York.
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Subject
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Social Work | History, Black | Sociology, Ethnic and Racial Studies
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Abstract
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The literature on what social workers know about the culture of their clients and how that knowledge is transformed into effective practice, is lacking. This study is undertaken to learn more about cross-cultural, worker/client relationships, specifically, psychiatric social workers' knowledge of English-speaking Caribbean culture and the ways in which that knowledge is utilized in mental health care. Social workers' responses to four categories, namely knowledge of culture, sources of cultural knowledge, use of cultural knowledge, and obstacles to the acquisition of cultural knowledge, were analyzed.;Findings indicate that (i) psychiatric social workers were generally aware of aspects of the clients' culture (ii) the extent of their cultural knowledge was influenced by cultural background, and (iii) use of cultural knowledge in practice was precluded by programmatic and professional relationship obstacles. The implications of the findings are discussed.
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Type
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dissertation
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Source
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PQT Legacy CUNY.xlsx
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degree
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D.S.W.
