著者
山口 光治 Koji Yamaguchi
雑誌
国際経営・文化研究 = Cross-cultural business and cultural studies (ISSN:13431412)
巻号頁・発行日
vol.11, no.1, pp.65-76, 2006-11-01

This research focuses on the problems of family care in Japan and discusses a social work practice model that can explain these problems. Applying the concept of symbolic interaction as the framework for analysis, I tried to develop an integrated theory that would explain the meaning of family care and that would guide social work interventions. The result of the study indicates that the meaning of family care differs from one caregiver to another, depending on the experience of each caregiver and on the interpretation of experience by each caregiver. In addition, I introduced a new concept of "burying the past" for the purpose of better understanding the problems. These new theories are expected to be useful for preventing and intervening on the problems of family care in Japan.
著者
山口 光治 Koji Yamaguchi
雑誌
国際経営・文化研究 = Cross-cultural business and cultural studies (ISSN:13431412)
巻号頁・発行日
vol.18, no.2, pp.111-123, 2014-03-01

Evidence Based Practice (EBP) appeared at the beginning of 1990s.Social workers have been required “Explanatory Power of Language for Practice” lately. Social work is a professional field. It means that its practice has to be based on theories and research; moreover, social workers have to explain the reasons why they provide the services for the clients. In order to make people aware of social work as a professional, social work practices need to be evidence based. This article has four purposes. First of all, the principles of EBP and introducing EBP to social work field are summarized. Second, significances of EBP in clinical social work are examined through a case of elder abuse. Also, this article clarifies what evidences are and considers how EBP should be applied in clinical social work field. Finally, how EBP works in social work field is examined; moreover, further issues of EBP in social work field are considered.