Utilization and accessibility of social services for Chinese
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The behavior of Chinese Canadians while seeking social services and the existing barriers to available the formal services are examined. The findings show that the awareness of service agencies and opinions on the services provided are predictors of Chinese Canadians' service utilization, and that one-third of Chinese Canadians have not used any social services, for various reasons.
Publication Name: International Social Work
Subject: Sociology and social work
ISSN: 0020-8728
Year: 2005
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Chinese corpus, western application: the Chinese strategy of engagement with western social work discourse
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This article examines social work development in China, which has adopted western applications with an emphasis on intellectual autonomy. The authors maintain Chinese social workers face the same problems as western social workers, but on a much larger scale with a deep concern for indigenization as China is still a developing nation.
Publication Name: International Social Work
Subject: Sociology and social work
ISSN: 0020-8728
Year: 2001
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The quest for western social work knowledge: literature in the USA and practice in China
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The article examines the developing social work education in China and the monopoly of the western world on social work knowledge. The implications for social work education in China are also discussed.
Publication Name: International Social Work
Subject: Sociology and social work
ISSN: 0020-8728
Year: 2007
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