The Tales That Bind: A Narrative Model for Living and Helping in Rural Communities

by William Lowell Randall, Dolores Furlong, Rosemary Clews

Every year, thousands of new practitioners in professions such as social work, education, medicine, and the church leave the large urban centres where they received their training and go to work in small towns, remote hamlets, and other rural settings. Often they find themselves unprepared for professional life in these communities.

Drawing on in-depth interviews conducted with more than forty practitioners working in a range of professions...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1442649976
• ISBN13: 9781442649972
• Release Date: February 2015
• Publisher: University of Toronto Press
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.9" x 9.0"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher