Cross-Cultural Practice: Purpose and Meaning - Softcover

Harper-Dorton, Karen V.; Lantz, Jim

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0925065765 ISBN 13: 9780925065766

Publisher: Lyceum Books, 2007

Synopsis

Helping professionals must possess cultural awareness if they are to provide the best possible care. In this expanded new edition, the authors uniquely present factors common to diverse ethnic and cultural populations that are useful in developing cross-cultural competence. Building on the existential concepts of Viktor Frankl, the text provides a framework for helping families and individuals discover meaning and meaning opportunities in daily living.

About this title

About the Author:

Karen Harper-Dorton (PhD, the Ohio State University; MSW, West Virginia University) is director of the Burgess Center for West Virginia Families and Communities at West Virginia University. She has published extensively in the areas of logotherapy and rural America. Professor Harper-Dorton has served as a consultant, trainer, and supervisor to a variety of social work agencies in the Midwest. Jim Lantz (PhD, MSW, the Ohio State University) (d. 2003) was a professor and counselor educator at the Ohio State University College of Social Work. He published extensively in the areas of existential family therapy and cross-cultural social work practice. Professor Lantz was elected graduate teacher of the year by the students at the Ohio State University College of Social work eight times, and in 2000 was presented with the Lifetime Achievement Award by the Ohio Chapter of the National Association of Social Workers.

About this edition

• Publisher: Lyceum Books
• Publication date: 2007
• ISBN 10: 0925065765
• ISBN 13: 9780925065766
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 220