Mutual aid groups, vulnerable populations, and the life cycle / edited by Alex Gitterman, Lawrence Shulman.
| Other author | Gitterman, Alex, 1938- |
| Other author | Shulman, Lawrence. |
| Format | Book |
| Edition | 2nd ed. |
| Publication Info | New York : Columbia University Press, ©1994. |
| Description | xiv, 448 pages ; 25 cm |
| Subjects |
| Contents | The life model, mutual aid, oppression, and the mediating function / Lawrence Shulman and Alex Gitterman -- Group work method / Lawrence Shulman -- Developing a new group service : strategies and skills / Alex Gitterman -- The lost and found group : group work and bereaved children / Joyce Vastola, Amy Nierenberg, and Elizabeth H. Graham -- Feelings of shame : siblings of handicapped children / Judith S. Bloch, Judith Margolis, and Martin Seitz -- In double jeopardy : preadolescents in the inner city / Carol Irizarry and Yetta H. Appel -- "Listen to us!" : young adolescents in urban schools / Lois Levinsky and Kathleen McAleer -- Sharing the hurt : adolescents in a residential setting / Alice Nadelman -- No one is alone : groups during the AIDS pandemic / George S. Getzel -- Talking like "real people" : the "Straight Ahead" prison group / Jeffrey Albert. |
| Contents | Sharing the secrets : women's groups for sexual abuse survivors / Linda Yael Schiller and Bonnie Zimmer -- Speaking the unspoken : parents of sexually victimized children / Margaret J. Jones -- Confronting responsibility : men who batter their wives / Dale Trimble -- Agents of change : a group of women in a shelter / Jennifer A. Brown -- No place to go : homeless women / Judith A.B. Lee -- Getting connected : institutionalized schizophrenic women / Dorothy Poynter-Berg -- Coping with a nightmare : Hispanic parents of children with cancer / Diana S. Schaefer and Daniela Pozzaglia -- Healing the hurts : single parents / Lawrence Shulman -- Dealing with the death of a group member : visually impaired elderly / Alberta L. Orr -- The fight against hopelessness and despair : institutionalized aged / Toby Berman-Rossi -- The concept of mutual aid / Judith A.B. Lee and Carol R. Swenson. |
| General note | Rev. ed. of: Mutual aid groups and the life cycle. 1986. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Other title | Mutual aid groups and the life cycle. |
| LCCN | 93031667 |
| ISBN | 0231082886 (acid-free paper) |
| ISBN | 0231082894 (pbk.) |