Unfaithful angels: how social work has abandoned its mission
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An examination of the fall of social work from its original mission to aid and serve the underprivileged shows how a national faith in individualistic solutions to social problems led social workers to leave social services.
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An examination of the fall of social work from its original mission to aid and serve the underprivileged shows how a national faith in individualistic solutions to social problems led social workers to leave social services.
Key concepts: Faith, Individualism, Social work, Work (physics), Sociology, Environmental ethics, Political science, Engineering