Social work and social welfare: a human rights foundation

Abstract

Preface -- Social welfare: structure and functions -- Social work : a human rights profession -- American social values in international context -- Emergence of social work : part i -- Emergence of social work : part ii -- Social forms of oppression -- Human rights and restorative justice -- Poverty and human rights -- Public assistance and other strategies to end poverty -- Social work across the life cycle -- Environmental justice -- Child welfare -- Care at the end of the life cycle -- Health care as a human right / by Marta Vides Saade -- Care for persons with mental and physical disabilities -- Appendix A: U.N. Universal Declaration of Human Rights -- Appendix B: Outline for anti-oppressive policy analysis -- Appendix c: relevant internet sites -- Index