Show simple item record

dc.contributor.authorSwan, L. Alex
dc.date.accessioned2009-05-19T18:24:32Z
dc.date.available2009-05-19T18:24:32Z
dc.date.issued1981-01-01
dc.identifier.citationMid-American Review of Sociology, Volume 6, Number 2 (WINTER, 1981), pp. 111-127 http://dx.doi.org/10.17161/STR.1808.4895
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1808/4895
dc.description.abstractThe notion that sociology and sociologists can be "clinical" is beginning to take roots, even though the roots are not well established in the field of "mental health" and other fields having to do with therapy and change. Other clinical professionals do not question the argument that sociology has knowledge and information that can be applied to problems affecting the individual, group, organization, industry and the community. Neither is there any question regarding sociological methods and techniques for producing information and creating knowledge about group life. However, there are various questions being raised by established clinical professionals regarding the "clinical" and "therapeutic" potential and skills of sociologists and sociology. An examination of the clinical nature of psychiatry, clinical psychology, and psychiatric or clinical social work is presented in this paper, and four brief examples are used to demonstrate the clinical nature ofsociology.
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherDepartment of Sociology, University of Kansas
dc.rightsCopyright (c) Social Thought and Research. For rights questions please contact Editor, Department of Sociology, Social Thought and Research, Fraser Hall, 1415 Jayhawk Blvd, Lawrence, KS 66045.
dc.titleCLINICAL SOCIOLOGY: PROBLEMS AND PROSPECTS
dc.typeArticle
dc.identifier.doi10.17161/STR.1808.4895
dc.rights.accessrightsopenAccess


Files in this item

Thumbnail

This item appears in the following Collection(s)

Show simple item record