The international social science publisher SAGE published a new textbook this week under the title Introducing Social Work. This textbook, edited by BU’s Professor in Sociology Jonathan Parker, has a contribution from FHSS lecturer Dr.Sally Lee and FHSS PhD student Orlanda Harvey. A total of 29 chapters cover a wide-range of social work issues in 424 pages.
Congratulations!
Prof. Edwin van Teijlingen
Final publication of 2018
New textbook for medical students
Social Work, Precarity & Sacrifice as Radical Action for Hope
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BU Prof Jonathan Parker promoting social work in Malaysia
New interdisciplinary paper accepted for publication
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