Monthly Archives: January 2014

Independent thought and political action in social work practice

A Book Review Social Work Practice: a conceptual framework USCHI BAY South Yarra, Palgrave Macmillan, 2014 182 pp., ISBN 9780420256611 $59.95 (paperback)   Uschi Bay invites us into her innovative framework for political social work practice; the small ‘p’ political … Continue reading

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Why we don’t act on health inequality

Wiser people than me have discussed our failure to act on what we now about the social determinants of health (Baum et al 2009, Katikireddi et al 2013). Poor health is located in social disadvantage and would need to be … Continue reading

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