Dimensions of Human Behavior: Person and Environment - Softcover

Hutchison, Elizabeth D.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1412988799 ISBN 13: 9781412988797

Publisher: SAGE Publications, Inc, 2010

Synopsis

Dimensions of Human Behavior: Person and Environment, Fourth Edition, is the revision of a highly successful text for a core course area in the social work field. This volume and its companion, provide the most comprehensive coverage available for the social work theory courses. The book(s) are unique in that they provide faculty with an organizing framework which is currently not available in other texts.

These books break down the core content along three primary dimensions: Person, Environment and Time. This book covers the biological dimension (person) and the social factors (environment) that impact human development and behavior.

Changes to this edition include the following:

- Introduction to a new critical thinking/ethical decision-making feature to help students think critically how content can be applied to practice situations

- New and updated case material

- New topical coverage such as greater emphasis on diversity, EBP, positive psychology, mindfulness, international and political changes in the social environment, postmodern theories, and information technology

- Updated photos that complement key ideas in the text

- Revised and enhanced student and instructor ancillary materials

- Stylistic design changes for a thinner, sleeker book.

About this title

About the Author

Elizabeth D. Hutchison, MSW, PhD, received her MSW from the George Warren Brown School of Social Work at Washington University in St. Louis and her PhD from the University at Albany, State University of New York. She was on the faculty in the Social Work Department at Elms College from 1980 to 1987, and served as chair of the department from 1982 to 1987. She was on the faculty in the School of Social Work at Virginia Commonwealth University from 1987 to 2009, where she taught courses in human behavior and the social environment, social work and social justice, and child and family policy; she also served as field practicum liaison. She has been a social worker in health, mental health, aging, and child and family welfare settings. She is committed to providing social workers with comprehensive, current, and useful frameworks for thinking about human behavior. Her other research interests focus on child and family welfare. She currently lives in Rancho Mirage, California where she is active in environmental justice issues facing farm workers in East Coachella Valley.

Edition details

• Publisher: SAGE Publications, Inc
• Publication date: 2010
• ISBN 10: 1412988799
• ISBN 13: 9781412988797
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Edition number: 4
• Number of pages: 600