Books By Our Members

The following books, written or edited by NYC Chapter members, have recently been published: 

A History of AIDS Social Work in Hospitals: A Daring Response to an Epidemic Edited by Barbara Willinger and Alan Rice; New York: The Haworth Press Inc., 2003

The Dynamics of Social Welfare Policy authored by Joel Blau with Mimi Abramovitz; New York: Oxford University Press, 2003

Saying Good-Bye to Managed Care: Building Your Independent Psychotherapy Practice, co-authored by Sandra Haber, Elaine Rodino and Iris Lipner; New York: Springer Publishing Company, 2001, (Hardcover) $ 46.95.

UnderAttack, Fighting Back: Women and Welfare in the United States authored by Mimi Abrmaovitz; New York: Monthly Review Press, 2000 (2nd. revised edition)

Out of the Twilight: Fathers of Gay Men Speak, by Andrew Gottlieb, PhD; New York: Haworth Press, 2000. $39.95 (Hardcover) $19.95 (softcover).

The Divorce Mediation Answer Book, by Dolores Walker, CSW., J.D. and Carol Butler, Ph.D.; New York: Kodansha America, 1999.

Social Work Values and Ethics: Identifying and Resolving Professional Dilemmas, by Elaine Congress, DSW; Chicago, Ill.; Nelson-Hall, 1998. $23.95 (paperback).

A Portrait Of The American Jewish Community, Edited by Norman Linzer, David J. Schnall and Jerome A. Chanes; Westport, CT; Praeger Publishers, 1998.

Case Management: An Introduction to Concepts and Skills, by Arthur J. Frankel and Sheldon R. Gelman; Chicago: Lyceum Books, Inc., 1998.

The Privatization of Human Services, Vols. 1 and 2, Edited by Margaret Gibelman, DSW and Harold W. Demone, Jr., PhD; New York: Springer, 1998.

Social Work and the Courts: A Casebook, by Daniel Pollack; New York: Garland Publishing, 1997.

Different Kinds of Love: Training Video, by Ruth Mohr and Dava Weinstein; Ackerman Institute for The Family: Video Department; 212-879-4900, ext. 129.

Gender and Addictions: Men and Women in Treatment, edited by S.L.A. Straussner, DSW and Elizabeth Zelvin, MSW; Jason Aronson Publishers, 1-800-782-0015; $45 plus shipping.

Multicultural Perspectives in Working with Families, edited by Elaine P. Congress, DSW; Springer Publishing Company, 212-431-4370; $38.95 plus shipping.

Removing the Risks from Children: Shifting the Paradigm, Alma J. Carten, DSW and James R. Dumpson,  PhD., Beckman House, P.O. Box 8008, Silver Spring, MD 20907.

Gay Widowers: Surviving The Death of a Partner, edited by Michael Shernoff, MSW, ACSW; The Haworth Press, Inc., 1-607-722-5857; $29.95 plus shipping.

EINEI HASHEM: Contemporary Stories of Divine Providence in Eretz Yisrael, by Dr. Metr Wikler; Feldheim Publishers, 800-237-7449.

A Mother Loss Workbook: Healing Exercise for Daughter, by Diane Hambrook and Gail Eisenberg with Herma Rosenthal; HarperCollins,Mail Order Department, 800-331-3761; $14.00 plus shipping and handling.

Children in the Urban Environment: Linking Social Policy and Clinical Practice; edited by Norma Kolko Phillips and S. L. Ashenberg Straussner; Charles C. Thomas, Publisher, LTD, Springfield, Il.; $43.95.

Working with Parents: Establishing the Essential Alliance in Child Psychotherapy and Consultation, by Diane Siskind, MSW. Published May 1997, Jason Aronson Inc., 800-782-0015; $42.

Foundations of Social Work Practice with Lesbian and Gay Persons, edited by Gerald P/ Mallon, DSW; The Haworth Press, Inc.; 607-722-5857, $49.95 ($24.95 soft) plus shipping.

Passion and Policy: A Social Worker's Career, by Alvin L. Schorr; (Octavia Press) Bookstore, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio 44106, 216-368-1661; $29.95 ($19.95 soft) plus shipping.

Regulating The Lives of Women: Social Welfare From Colonial Times to the Present by Mimi Abramovitz, Boston, South End Press, 1996