Life Model Versus Conflict Model: A Feminist Perspective
- 1 July 1987
- journal article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Social Work
- Vol. 32 (4) , 346-351
- https://doi.org/10.1093/sw/32.4.346
Abstract
A feminist analysis of Germain and Gitterman's life model of practice reveals that the life model fails to address the problematic nature of the concept of goodness-of-fit, particularly in relation to practice with women. The life model is an example of a paradigm that does not clarify the societal problems sufficiently. Further, the analysis suggests the consideration of the conflict model as an alternative explanation of the person-environment interaction.Keywords
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