Affiliation:
1. Associate Professor, School of Social Welfare, University of California, Berkeley, U.S.A.
Abstract
[Five issues regarding utilization and evaluation of social work treatment are con sidered with the goal of understanding their impact on development of sound treatment technologies : (1) Outcome vs. Process Orientation, (2) Demonstrated Effect vs. Need Fulfillment, (3) Cost Effectiveness vs. Individual Commitment, (4) Individual Constructs vs. Social Context, and (5) Practice Art vs. Science. It is assumed that contributions to the resolution of these issues require specification of desired out comes expected to result from specific professional activities.
Subject
Sociology and Political Science,Social Sciences (miscellaneous)
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