Social Work With Native Americans

Social Work With Native Americans

If social workers are to serve Native Americans effectively, they must understand their distinctive characteristics, cultural norms and value systems. The authors discuss and describe the latter and suggest that social workers and family counselors vary their techniques as well as approach according...

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Published in:Social Work Vol. 20; no. 5; p. 379
Main Authors: Lewis, Ronald G, Ho, Man Keung
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: 1975
Subjects:
American Indian Culture
American Indians
Counseling Effectiveness
Cultural Background
Cultural Differences
Family Counseling
Individual Counseling
Social Work
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Values
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Summary:If social workers are to serve Native Americans effectively, they must understand their distinctive characteristics, cultural norms and value systems. The authors discuss and describe the latter and suggest that social workers and family counselors vary their techniques as well as approach according to the needs of Native American culture. (SE)