Prevention in Family Services: Approaches to Family Wellness

by David Robert Mace

The vast literature on family problems suggests that most researchers and professionals see these problems as inevitable, and their own role as one of curing rather than preventing them. The family wellness movement attempts to step back a stage, with the emphasis on prevention rather than cure. Citing parallels with the movement towards prevention in medicine, Mace draws upon the insights of noted workers in the field who discuss their own roles...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0803921543
• ISBN13: 9780803921542
• Release Date: November 1983
• Publisher: Sage Publications, Inc
• Length: 253 Pages
• Weight: 1.12 lbs.