Law for Social Workers, 4th Edition

Law for Social Workers, 4th Edition

Find Full Text

Available in the Osgoode Hall Law School Library

Description

The new edition of this important handbook – formerly authored by Elaine Vayda and Mary Satterfield – continues in the tradition of the original in demystifying the law for the social worker. As with the previous edition, the fourth edition uses the family life cycle as an organizing principle which connects legal procedures to the life of the family as it moves through marriage, parenthood, normal events and specific crises, along the continuum from birth to old age. It reviews basic legal concepts, describes the court structure and examines trial procedures and rules of evidence as they affect social workers and their clients. New chapters have been added addressing Consent, Capacity and Substitute Decision-Makers; Mental Health and the Law; Financial Safety Nets; and Immigration.

ISBN

9780779814701

Publication Date

2-28-2008

Publisher

Carswell

City

Toronto, Ontario

Keywords

Social workers--Legal status, laws, etc.; Social workers--Handbooks, manuals, etc.; Canada

Comments

Bibliographic Citation
Birnbaum, Rachel, and Janet E. Mosher. Law for Social Workers, 4th Edition. Toronto, ON: Carswell, 2008. Print.

Law for Social Workers, 4th Edition

Share

COinS