List of Figures and Tables viii // Acknowledgements ix // Preface xi // Chapter 1 Practising Social Work: Why Context Matters 1 // Chapter 2 Dominant Discourses in Health and Welfare: 17 // Biomedicine, Economics and Law // Chapter 3 Service Discourses: ‘Psy‘ and Sociological Ideas 47 // in Social Work // Chapter 4 Alternative Service Discourses: Consumer 68 // Rights, and Religion and Spirituality // Chapter 5 Theories for Social Work Practice: Approaches to 92 // Knowledge Development and Use // Chapter 6 Problem-Solving Approaches: 108 // Focusing on Task-Centred Practice // Chapter 7 Three Waves of Systems Theories 132 // Chapter 8 The Strengths Perspective 151 // Chapter 9 Modern Critical Social Work: From Radical 172 // to Anti-Oppressive Practice // Chapter 10 Postmodern Approaches in Practice 193 // Chapter 11 Creating Frameworks for Practice 216 // Bibliography