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100 1 _aYan, Miu Chung.
245 1 0 _aExploring the meaning of crossing and culture
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_bAn empirical understanding from practitioners' everyday experience /
_cMiu Chung Yan, PhD.
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520 _aDespite the large amount of literature on cross-cultural social work practice, the meanings of culture and crossing have not been empirically examined. This article presents the findings of a study involving 30 social work practitioners in a Canadian metropolitan city. Grounded in the lived experiences of the practitioners, at least three different modes of crossing are identified. The findings also indicate that many practitioners tend to define culture as a complex whole, but not in a deterministic manner. Interwoven with race and ethnicity, culture interacts with an individual's preferences and environment. The author contends that to integrate theory and practice, we need to examine how frontline practitioners understand some important but takenfor- granted social work concepts.
538 _aMode of access: Internet.
773 0 _tFamilies in society: the journal of contemporary social services
_g2008, Vol. 89, No. 2
_x1044-3894
856 _uhttps://ezproxy01.ny.edu.hk:2078/10.1606/1044-3894.3744
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