Includes bibliographical references and index.

Part I. Background to integrating social work methods -- Social trends / Harry Specht -- Theory as a guide to practice / Harry Specht -- Social work practice : Divisions and unifications / Anne Vickery -- Theory development and the unitary appr oach to social work practice / Howard Goldstein -- A model for social work practice / Allen Pincus and Anne Minahan -- Part II. Content to be integrated -- Social work in the future : Trends and training / Eileen Younghusband -- Social casework / Anne Vickery -- Social group work models : Possession and heritage / Beulah Rothman and Catherine P. Papell -- Social group work in the United Kingdom / Nano McCaughan -- Community work in the United Kingdom / David Jones -- Community work and social work in the United Kingdom / Catherine Briscoe -- Residential social work / Chris Payne -- Part III. Issues and problems in education and practice -- The incomplete profession / Neil Gilbert and Harry Specht -- Use of unitary models in education for social work / Anne Vickery -- Issues and problems in utilising a unitary method / Harry Specht.

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