Cultural Competence, Practice Stages, and Client Systems: A Case Study Approach

The book is for social workers who need to take into account the cultural and ethnic facets of their clients. Thus, there are chapters on dealing with native Americans (referred to in the book as First Nations people), African Americans, Latinos and Asians. But there are also a chapter for when a client might be gay or lesbian or bisexual or transgender. And another chapter for refugees and one for disabled clients. Naturally, each chapter can only hope to briefly deal with its topic. The text is meant as a broad overview. All this attests to the sheer complexity of dealing with the human condition. The book reminds us constantly of this. It is very commendable in the attention given to the diversity of client types and needs.