Catálogo de libros: Bienestar social y servicios sociales

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  • In a Heartbeat
    Mikki . Shepard M.A / Mikki M.A. Shepard
    In A Heartbeat: The Miracle of a Family that was Meant to be is a delightful true story spanning several generations of families being born out of love, not necessarily biology. The heart of the story is about how the Law of Attraction brought about an adoption that created the 'miracle of a family that was meant to be.'This inspiring book shares a ’good news’ adoption story ...
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    30,13 €

  • Security In The 21st Century
    André Hakizimana / Nyagatare Valens
    When it comes to security, in reality, self-interests is the driver, and not interests for others. Thus, we are all working for self-survival not for the survival for others. However, we survive because of others. Without others, we have no self-interests, and our self-interests is rooted from others. Consequentially we need security to protect our self-interests, but we should...
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    18,83 €

  • Redefining Global Economic Thinking for the Welfare of Society
    The richest one percent of the entire population of the world now owns more than half of the global wealth. Global wealth is unequally distributed, gross domestic product (GDP) and consumption are a declining trend, and poverty is an increasing trend. Each participant’s gain or loss of utility is exactly balanced by the losses or gains of the utility of the other participants, ...
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    327,60 €

  • Redefining Global Economic Thinking for the Welfare of Society
    The richest one percent of the entire population of the world now owns more than half of the global wealth. Global wealth is unequally distributed, gross domestic product (GDP) and consumption are a declining trend, and poverty is an increasing trend. Each participant’s gain or loss of utility is exactly balanced by the losses or gains of the utility of the other participants, ...
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    248,68 €

  • Wildfire
    Laura Ruth
    Wildfire: Mission and Madness tells the story of Laura Ruth-her life, work, and so-called mental illness, schizoaffective disorder. Here Laura defines her own mental illness and shares what it’s like to live with voices. She also addresses what she believes to be key issues: learning to live with a severe and enduring mental illness; the recovery process; and what those with th...
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    21,75 €

  • Wildfire
    Laura Ruth
    Wildfire: Mission and Madness tells the story of Laura Ruth-her life, work, and so-called mental illness, schizoaffective disorder. Here Laura defines her own mental illness and shares what it’s like to live with voices. She also addresses what she believes to be key issues: learning to live with a severe and enduring mental illness; the recovery process; and what those with th...
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    15,72 €

  • Night on Earth
    Davide Rodogno
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    40,79 €

  • Lessons from SSA Demonstrations for Disability Policy and Future Research
    Over the past several decades, the Social Security Administration has tested many new policies and programs. These demonstrations have covered most aspects of the Social Security Disability Insurance and Supplemental Security Income programs and populations. The demonstrations examined family supports, informational notices, changes to benefit rules, and a variety of employment...
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    13,46 €

  • Mercy’s Heroes
    Tom Crowley
    In Mercy’s Heroes, a Vietnam veteran battling with PTSD turns from the business world to life as a volunteer, helping to rescue and protect street kids in Bangkok’s biggest slum.Here Tom Crowley details the children’s efforts to survive abuse and the struggle for dignity waged by the poorest of families. Interwoven throughout, the author’s combat experiences and pain highlight ...
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    23,78 €

  • Mercy’s Heroes
    Tom Crowley
    In Mercy’s Heroes, a Vietnam veteran battling with PTSD turns from the business world to life as a volunteer, helping to rescue and protect street kids in Bangkok’s biggest slum.Here Tom Crowley details the children’s efforts to survive abuse and the struggle for dignity waged by the poorest of families. Interwoven throughout, the author’s combat experiences and pain highlight ...
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    29,81 €

  • ASEAN-CHINA COOPERATION FOR POVERTY REDUCTION
    YANJUN GUO & YUE YANG
    The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) has been one of the world’s most dynamic and fastest-growing regions over the years. Its average combined GDP growth rate is more than 6% and the total combined GDP was valued at US$3.0 trillion in 2018. ASEAN countries have managed to significantly reduce their national poverty over the last few decades. Although a correlation...
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    105,99 €

  • Buying and Selling the Poor
    Mark Considine / Michael McGann / Siobhan O’Sullivan
    Buying and Selling the Poor ventures behind the scenes of the multibillion-dollar welfare-to-work system, offering new insights into how Australia responds to unemployment and disadvantage. As the authors tell the story of four local employment offices, they paint a vivid picture of a critically important social service which many people are aware of but which few properly unde...
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    23,64 €

  • Organisations and Management in Social Work
    Mark Hughes / Michael Wearing
    As a social worker, you could work in a variety of different organisation, so understanding and examining the complex issues involved in the management and organisational context of social work practice is crucial for practitioners and managers. This book helps you to develop strategies for ethical, reflective and relational practice, covers key themes including leadership, sup...
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    185,40 €

  • Smart Cities, Citizen Welfare, and the Implementation of Sustainable Development Goals
    Ana Cristina Pego
    The smart city is a driver of change, innovation, competitiveness, and networking for businesses and organizations based on the concept of the Sustainable Development Goals for the 2030 agenda. The importance of a new paradigm regarding the externalities of the environment, citizen welfare, and natural resources in cities as an impact of urban ecosystems is the main objective f...
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    282,32 €

  • ’And a seed was planted...’ Occupation based approaches for social inclusion
    Occupational therapy originated in social reform, and then became allied with medicine and a biomedical. This work shows how the profession has recognised the value of the work of its pioneers, and now argues for principles such as occupational justice and the right to health-promoting occupations, social inclusion,  and involvement in the community. ...
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    49,49 €

  • Organisations and Management in Social Work
    Mark Hughes / Michael Wearing
    As a social worker, you could work in a variety of different organisation, so understanding and examining the complex issues involved in the management and organisational context of social work practice is crucial for practitioners and managers. This book helps you to develop strategies for ethical, reflective and relational practice, covers key themes including leadership, sup...
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    63,14 €

  • Country Diagnostic Study on Long-Term Care in Indonesia
    Asian Development Bank
    This publication presents a study on the availability and provision of long-term care (LTC) in Indonesia. It discusses findings from the analysis and offers recommendations for the development of LTC systems in the country.Contributing to the development of an in-depth knowledge base on LTC, the publication explores the need for and supply of care, regulatory and policy framewo...
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    35,67 €

  • Country Diagnostic Study on Long-Term Care in Tonga
    Asian Development Bank
    This publication presents a study on the availability and provision of long-term care (LTC) in Tonga. It discusses findings from the analysis and offers recommendations for the development of LTC systems in the country.The publication explores the need for and supply of care, regulatory and policy frameworks, service provision, quality management, human resources, and financing...
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    34,03 €

  • Smart Cities, Citizen Welfare, and the Implementation of Sustainable Development Goals
    Ana Cristina Pego
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    216,47 €

  • Pandemic Preparedness and Response Strategies
    Asian Development Bank
    Drawing on case studies from the Republic of Korea, Thailand, and Viet Nam, this publication highlights successful strategies, mechanisms, and innovations in early coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic response in Asia and the Pacific.Across the region, diverse approaches are being taken to mitigate COVID-19. The case studies presented here focus on analyzing pandemic-related...
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    29,42 €

  • In Search of New Social Democracy
    Olle Törnquist
    Why is the classical social democratic vision of development based on social justice by democratic means losing ground? Why was it so difficult to renew, even in the context of the third wave of democracy in the South? How does this matter in the North too, and how might it be reinvented? This accessible book brings to life major insights gained through written sources and inte...
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    140,67 €

  • The Mental Health Tribunal
    Christine Hutchison / Neil Hickman
    This accessible and practical guide demystifies the Mental Health Tribunal (England) and Mental Health Review Tribunal For Wales (MHRTW) for health and social care professionals.  ...
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    54,53 €

  • The Mental Health Tribunal
    Christine Hutchison / Neil Hickman
    This accessible and practical guide demystifies the Mental Health Tribunal (England) and Mental Health Review Tribunal For Wales (MHRTW) for health and social care professionals.  ...
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    167,29 €

  • Safeguarding Children, Young People and Families
    Julie Fourie / Vida Douglas
    Using case studies, reflective questions and checklists for practice, this hands-on guide will provide busy social workers with the knowledge and skills they need to effectively and confidently make a difference to the lives of children and young people. ...
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    53,29 €

  • Safeguarding Children, Young People and Families
    Julie Fourie / Vida Douglas
    Using case studies, reflective questions and checklists for practice, this hands-on guide will provide busy social workers with the knowledge and skills they need to effectively and confidently make a difference to the lives of children and young people. ...
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    161,45 €

  • THE DEVIL AND DR. FAUCI
    James P Driscoll
    The Devil and Dr. Fauci is an unsparing critique of what author James Driscoll calls the 'Drug Testing, Licensing, and Marketing Complex,' or DTLM. Quietly dominating America’s healthcare industry, the DTLM poses threats comparable in magnitude, if not in character, to those of the Military-Industrial Complex. With a satiric scalpel reminiscent of Jonathan Swift’s, Driscoll evi...
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    39,32 €

  • THE DEVIL AND DR. FAUCI
    James P Driscoll
    The Devil and Dr. Fauci is an unsparing critique of what author James Driscoll calls the 'Drug Testing, Licensing, and Marketing Complex,' or DTLM. Quietly dominating America’s healthcare industry, the DTLM poses threats comparable in magnitude, if not in character, to those of the Military-Industrial Complex. With a satiric scalpel reminiscent of Jonathan Swift’s, Driscoll evi...
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    28,45 €

  • Pandemic Heroes and Heroines
    Marguerite Guzmán Bouvard
    The Covid-19 pandemic has presented the world with unprecedented challenges. The effects on society have been comprehensive and affected every walk of life. In Pandemic Heroes and Heroines, Marguerite Bouvard offers the first book-length study of the pandemic’s impact on one of the most vulnerable groups, front line medical workers charged with caring for the sick and providing...
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    42,63 €

  • An A-Z of Social Work Skills
    Dan Allen / Michaela Rogers
    Designed for both students and newly-qualified social workers, this dip in and out of guide introduces students to over 60 key skills in a concise and no-nonsense way. Test your knowledge and how to apply skills in practice with Skills in Action, Stop, Reflect and Top Tips boxes. ...
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    112,54 €

  • An A-Z of Social Work Theory
    Malcolm Payne
    Designed for both students and newly-qualified social workers, this dip in and out of guide introduces students to over 350 key theories, theorists and concepts in a concise and no-nonsense way. Careful cross-referencing will help students make important connections, while selected further reading will prove you with a springboard to further learning. ...
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    36,70 €