Bøger af Dr Linda Kreitzer

Compassion fatigue is what is said to occur when health professionals become "too tired to care." This insiders' perspective on compassion fatigue is framed with the metaphor of "lying down in the snow." If suffering is imagined as ever-falling snow, then the need for resources for safe journeying in "winter country" becomes apparent.

Offers professors, students, and practitioners insight concerning social work in the African context. This book encourages examination of the social work curriculum and to demonstrate practical ways to make it more culturally relevant. It addresses the history of social work in African countries and the hegemony of western knowledge in the field.