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Book Reviews lenging to social work practitioners in their implica- The Language of Social Casework, Noel Tinims, tions. Although research reports are not generally Routledge and Kegan Paul, London, 1968. "light reading" and this book, with the necessarily "The Language of Social Casework" is one of a detailed statistical analyses, is no exception, it stands scries of short texts being produced in England under out both on the grounds of applicability of the con- the editorship of Noel Timms, who has earned respect clusions drawn and the sound methods of research over a number of years as a contributor to the litera- carefully explained and clearly demonstrated. ture of social work. He has many journal articles to The major objective of the study was to compare his credit and one of the few outstanding full-scale the effectiveness of brief treatment and extended (or books on social casework. This little book is his own open-ended) service. Planned short-term service work and it has all the marks of scholarship we have (PSTS) was defined as not more than nine personal come to expect from him. interviews within a maximum of three months (in- He begins by commenting on the neglect of cluding the http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Australian Journal of Social Work Taylor & Francis

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Australian Journal of Social Work , Volume 23 (4): 3 – Jan 1, 1970
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lenging to social work practitioners in their implica- The Language of Social Casework, Noel Tinims, tions. Although research reports are not generally Routledge and Kegan Paul, London, 1968. "light reading" and this book, with the necessarily "The Language of Social Casework" is one of a detailed statistical analyses, is no exception, it stands scries of short texts being produced in England under out both on the grounds of applicability of the con- the editorship of Noel...
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Taylor & Francis
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lenging to social work practitioners in their implica- The Language of Social Casework, Noel Tinims, tions. Although research reports are not generally Routledge and Kegan Paul, London, 1968. "light reading" and this book, with the necessarily "The Language of Social Casework" is one of a detailed statistical analyses, is no exception, it stands scries of short texts being produced in England under out both on the grounds of applicability of the con- the editorship of Noel Timms, who has earned respect clusions drawn and the sound methods of research over a number of years as a contributor to the litera- carefully explained and clearly demonstrated. ture of social work. He has many journal articles to The major objective of the study was to compare his credit and one of the few outstanding full-scale the effectiveness of brief treatment and extended (or books on social casework. This little book is his own open-ended) service. Planned short-term service work and it has all the marks of scholarship we have (PSTS) was defined as not more than nine personal come to expect from him. interviews within a maximum of three months (in- He begins by commenting on the neglect of cluding the

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Published: Jan 1, 1970

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