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Animals in Social Work

Why and How They Matter

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  • © 2014

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  1. Thomas Ryan

    1. Far North Queensland, Australia

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Part of the book series: The Palgrave Macmillan Animal Ethics Series (PMAES)

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Table of contents (14 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xxii
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  2. The Why: Philosophical and Theoretical Explorations

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. Deep Ecological ‘Insectification’: Integrating Small Friends with Social Work

      • Fred H. Besthorn
      Pages 3-17

    3. The Meaning of Animals in Women’s Lives: The Importance of the ‘Domestic’ Realm to Social Work

      • Jan Fook
      Pages 18-31

    4. Integrative Health Thinking and the One Health Concept: Is Social Work All for ‘One’ or ‘One’ for All?

      • Cassandra Hanrahan
      Pages 32-47

    5. My Dog Is My Home: Increasing Awareness of Inter-Species Homelessness in Theory and Practice

      • Christine H. Kim, Emma K. Newton
      Pages 48-63

    6. Social Justice beyond Human Beings: Trans-species Social Justice

      • Atsuko Matsuoka, John Sorenson
      Pages 64-79

    7. The Moral Priority of Vulnerability and Dependency: Why Social Work Should Respect Both Humans and Animals

      • Thomas Ryan
      Pages 80-101

  3. The How: Practical Applications

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 103-103
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    2. The Impact of Animals and Nature for Children and Youth with Trauma Histories: Towards A Neurodevelopmental Theory

      • Eileen Bona, Gail Courtnage
      Pages 105-119

    3. Animal-Assisted Therapy for Children and Adolescents with Autism Spectrum Disorders

      • Shanna L. Burke, Dorothea Iannuzzi
      Pages 120-134

    4. ‘How Is Fido?’: What the Family’s Companion Animal Can Tell You about Risk Assessment and Effective Interventions — If Only You Would Ask!

      • Lynn Loar
      Pages 135-150

    5. The Place and Consequence of Animals in Contemporary Social Work Practice

      • Maureen MacNamara, Jeannine Moga
      Pages 151-166

    6. No One Ever Asked Me That: The Value of Social Work Inquiry into the Human-Animal Bond

      • Nina Papazian
      Pages 167-181

    7. Stray Dogs and Social Work in Mauritius: An Analysis of Some Concerns and Challenges

      • Komalsingh Rambaree
      Pages 182-198

    8. Liquid Love — Grief, Loss, Animal Companions and the Social Worker

      • Adrienne Elizabeth Thomas
      Pages 199-214

    9. Domestic Violence and Companion Animal Welfare: The Issues, Risks and Implications for Practice

      • Deborah Walsh
      Pages 215-228

  4. Back Matter

    Pages 229-246
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This collection of essays articulates theoretical and philosophical arguments, and advances practical applications, as to why animals ought to matter to social work, in and of themselves. It serves as a persuasive corrective to the current invisibility of animals in contemporary social work practice and thought.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Far North Queensland, Australia

    Thomas Ryan

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Fred H. Besthorn, Wichita State University, USA Eileen Bona Shanna L. Burke, Nonotuck Resource Associates, Massachusetts, USA Gail Courtnage Jan Fook, Kingston University and St. Georges, University of London, UK Cassandra Hanrahan, Dalhousie University, Canada Dorothea Iannuzzi, UMMC Eunice Kennedy Shriver Center, Massachusetts, USA Christine H. Kim, National Museum of Animals and Society, Los Angeles, USA Lynn Loar, Pryor Foundation, USA Atsuko Matsuoka, York University, Canada Maureen MacNamara Jeannine Moga, North Carolina State University's College of Veterinary Medicine, USA Emma Newton, National Museum of Animals and Society, Los Angeles, USA Nina Papazian, Peterborough, Canada Komalsingh Rambaree, University of Gävle, Sweden John Sorenson, Brock University, Canada Adrienne Elizabeth Thomas Deborah Walsh, University of Queensland, Australia

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