Marital Casework: Option or Necessity? A Case-study in the Dilemma of the Social Work Profession

1 March 1989

journal article
research article
Published by Taylor & Francis in Australian Social Work

Vol. 42 (1) , 3-13
https://doi.org/10.1080/03124078908549975

Abstract

This paper argues that casework has been neglected by the social work profession in Australia in recent years; casework is unfashionable and of relatively low status. Marital casework is taken as a case-study in support of this proposition. The paper reviews the nature and significance of marital problems in Australia, and the appropriateness of marital casework as a response.

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