Allison D Murdach
Biographic Data
| ID | 5941973 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Allison D Murdach |
| GIVEN NAMES | Allison D |
| FAMILY NAME | Murdach |
| SIGNATURE | MURDACH A D |
| AFFILIATIONS | Veterans Health Administration |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 18 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 18 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 18 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1983 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2012 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Practitioners as Managers
Journal Article Practitioners as Managers: The Need for Theory Get access Allison D. Murdach Allison D. Murdach Allison D. Murdach, LCSW,is a retired psychiatric social worker, formerly employed at the VA Medical Center, Palo Alto, CA e-mail: [email protected] Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic PubMed Google Scholar Social Work, Volume 57, Issue 1, January 2012, Pages 91–93, https://doi.org/10.1093/sw/swr004 Publishe…
Mary Richmond and the Image of Social Work
Journal Article Mary Richmond and the Image of Social Work Get access Allison D. Murdach, MA, LCSW Allison D. Murdach, MA, LCSW retired psychiatric social worker Address correspondence to the author at 2942 Hardeman Street, Hayward, CA 94541; e-mail: [email protected] Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic PubMed Google Scholar Social Work, Volume 56, Issue 1, January 2011, Pages 92–94, https://doi.org/10.1093/sw/56.1.92…
What Happened to Self-Determination
Journal Article What Happened to Self-Determination? Get access Allison D. Murdach, MA, LCSW Allison D. Murdach, MA, LCSW retired psychiatric social worker Address correspondence to the author at 2942 Hardeman Street, Hayward, CA 94541; e-mail: [email protected]. Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic PubMed Google Scholar Social Work, Volume 56, Issue 4, October 2011, Pages 371–373, https://doi.org/10.1093/sw/56.4.371 P…
Is Social Work a Human Rights Profession
Journal Article Is Social Work a Human Rights Profession? Get access Allison D. Murdach, LCSW Allison D. Murdach, LCSW retired psychiatric social worker Address correspondence to the author at 2942 Hardeman Street, Hayward, CA 94541; e-mail: [email protected]. Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic PubMed Google Scholar Social Work, Volume 56, Issue 3, July 2011, Pages 281–283, https://doi.org/10.1093/sw/56.3.281 Publish…
Does American Social Work Have a Progressive Tradition
Social work authors in the 1950s claimed progressivism as a unique social work "tradition" and set ofvalues, and this historical interpretation has influenced many versions of social work history since that time. Today, other voices in the profession claim various divergent traditions for social work and note that the progressive tradition has waned in the profession. Given these uncertainties, the question of whether social work has or still pos…
What Good Is Soft Evidence
Along with other helping professions, social work is today struggling to become a more "evidence-based" activity. This article explores some of the issues raised by this reevaluation of social work, especially as it relates to the issue of direct social work practice. Despite the current push to base social work helping methods on scientific results ("hard" data), social workers in direct practice continue to rely heavily on qualitative evidence …
Making Difficult Decisions
Journal Article Making Difficult Decisions Get access Allison D. Murdach, LCSW Allison D. Murdach, LCSW retired psychiatric social worker Address correspondence to the author at 2942 Hardeman Street, Hayward, CA 94541; e-mail: [email protected]. Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic PubMed Google Scholar Social Work, Volume 54, Issue 4, October 2009, Pages 371–373, https://doi.org/10.1093/sw/54.4.371 Published: 01 Octob…
Discretion in Direct Practice
Journal Article Discretion in Direct Practice: New Perspectives Get access Allison D. Murdach, LCSW Allison D. Murdach, LCSW retired psychiatric social worker Address correspondence to the author at 2942 Hardeman Street, Hayward, CA 94541; e-mail: [email protected]. Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic PubMed Google Scholar Social Work, Volume 54, Issue 2, April 2009, Pages 183–186, https://doi.org/10.1093/sw/54.2.183 …
The Temperance Movement and Social Work
This article examines a forgotten episode in social work history: the involvement of the profession in the temperance movement in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.Though some notable social workers such as Jane Addams, Robert A. Woods, and Representative Jeannette Rankin (the first woman elected to the U.S. Congress), championed the temperance cause during this period, little is remembered of their efforts today. Suggestions are also drawn …
Frances Kellor and the Americanization Movement
Journal Article Frances Kellor and the Americanization Movement Get access Allison D. Murdach, MA, ACSW, LCSW Allison D. Murdach, MA, ACSW, LCSW retired psychiatric social worker Address correspondence to him at 2942 Hardeman Street, Hayward, CA 94541; e-mail: [email protected]. Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic PubMed Google Scholar Social Work, Volume 53, Issue 1, January 2008, Pages 93–95, https://doi.org/10.1093…
Negotiating with Antisocial Clients
Journal Article Negotiating with Antisocial Clients Get access Allison D. Murdach, MA, ACSW, LCSW Allison D. Murdach, MA, ACSW, LCSW retired psychiatric social worker 2942 Hardeman Street, Hayward, CA 94541; e-mail: [email protected] Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic PubMed Google Scholar Social Work, Volume 53, Issue 2, April 2008, Pages 179–182, https://doi.org/10.1093/sw/53.2.179 Published: 01 April 2008 Article …
Living in the Trenches
Journal Article Living in the Trenches: Managerial Skills for Practitioners Get access Allison D. Murdach, MA, ACSW, LCSW Allison D. Murdach, MA, ACSW, LCSW retired psychiatric social worker 2942 Hardeman Street, Hayward, CA 94541; e-mail: [email protected] Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic PubMed Google Scholar Social Work, Volume 52, Issue 4, October 2007, Pages 375–377, https://doi.org/10.1093/sw/52.4.375 Publish…
Situational Approaches to Direct Practice
During the 1890s and the first three decades of the 20th century, social work in the United States developed a community-based direct practice approach to family assistance and social reform. The basis for this method was a situational view of social life that emphasized the use of interpersonal and transactional methods to achieve social and individual change. This article highlights important aspects of the genesis and development of this appro…
Rhetoric for Direct Practice
Journal Article Rhetoric for Direct Practice Get access Allison D. Murdach, MA, ACSW, LCSW Allison D. Murdach, MA, ACSW, LCSW retired psychiatric social worker Hayward, CA Address correspondence to [email protected]. Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic PubMed Google Scholar Social Work, Volume 51, Issue 4, October 2006, Pages 365–368, https://doi.org/10.1093/sw/51.4.365 Published: 01 October 2006 Article history Recei…
Social Work in the Movies
Journal Article Social Work in the Movies: Another Look Get access Allison D. Murdach, ACSW, LCSW Allison D. Murdach, ACSW, LCSW retired psychiatric social worker 2942 Hardeman Street, Hayward, CA 94541; e-mail: [email protected] Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic PubMed Google Scholar Social Work, Volume 51, Issue 3, July 2006, Pages 269–272, https://doi.org/10.1093/sw/51.3.269 Published: 01 July 2006 Article histor…
Beneficence Re-examined
Social workers have long reacted negatively to the idea of limiting client freedoms, seeing such activity as directly contrary to such central social work values as autonomy and self-determination. Nevertheless, practitioners often find themselves required to actively intervene in a protective manner when clients are unable to fend for themselves. Such interventions are increasingly a part of everyday practice as social workers respond to new man…
The Membership Model
Skills and Tactics in Hospital Practice
Social workers often are not aware of organizational skills and tactics that can work effectively to enhance the results of direct-service practice in hospitals. This article describes some of those approaches and presents examples of their use drawn from the literature and from the author's experience
Does American Social Work Have a Progressive Tradition
Social work authors in the 1950s claimed progressivism as a unique social work "tradition" and set ofvalues, and this historical interpretation has influenced many versions of social work history since that time. Today, other voices in the profession claim various divergent traditions for social work and note that the progressive tradition has waned in the profession. Given these uncertainties, the question of whether social work has or still pos…
Is Social Work a Human Rights Profession
Journal Article Is Social Work a Human Rights Profession? Get access Allison D. Murdach, LCSW Allison D. Murdach, LCSW retired psychiatric social worker Address correspondence to the author at 2942 Hardeman Street, Hayward, CA 94541; e-mail: [email protected]. Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic PubMed Google Scholar Social Work, Volume 56, Issue 3, July 2011, Pages 281–283, https://doi.org/10.1093/sw/56.3.281 Publish…
What Good Is Soft Evidence
Along with other helping professions, social work is today struggling to become a more "evidence-based" activity. This article explores some of the issues raised by this reevaluation of social work, especially as it relates to the issue of direct social work practice. Despite the current push to base social work helping methods on scientific results ("hard" data), social workers in direct practice continue to rely heavily on qualitative evidence …
Practitioners as Managers
Journal Article Practitioners as Managers: The Need for Theory Get access Allison D. Murdach Allison D. Murdach Allison D. Murdach, LCSW,is a retired psychiatric social worker, formerly employed at the VA Medical Center, Palo Alto, CA e-mail: [email protected] Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic PubMed Google Scholar Social Work, Volume 57, Issue 1, January 2012, Pages 91–93, https://doi.org/10.1093/sw/swr004 Publishe…
Situational Approaches to Direct Practice
During the 1890s and the first three decades of the 20th century, social work in the United States developed a community-based direct practice approach to family assistance and social reform. The basis for this method was a situational view of social life that emphasized the use of interpersonal and transactional methods to achieve social and individual change. This article highlights important aspects of the genesis and development of this appro…
Mary Richmond and the Image of Social Work
Journal Article Mary Richmond and the Image of Social Work Get access Allison D. Murdach, MA, LCSW Allison D. Murdach, MA, LCSW retired psychiatric social worker Address correspondence to the author at 2942 Hardeman Street, Hayward, CA 94541; e-mail: [email protected] Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic PubMed Google Scholar Social Work, Volume 56, Issue 1, January 2011, Pages 92–94, https://doi.org/10.1093/sw/56.1.92…
Social Work in the Movies
Journal Article Social Work in the Movies: Another Look Get access Allison D. Murdach, ACSW, LCSW Allison D. Murdach, ACSW, LCSW retired psychiatric social worker 2942 Hardeman Street, Hayward, CA 94541; e-mail: [email protected] Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic PubMed Google Scholar Social Work, Volume 51, Issue 3, July 2006, Pages 269–272, https://doi.org/10.1093/sw/51.3.269 Published: 01 July 2006 Article histor…
Beneficence Re-examined
Social workers have long reacted negatively to the idea of limiting client freedoms, seeing such activity as directly contrary to such central social work values as autonomy and self-determination. Nevertheless, practitioners often find themselves required to actively intervene in a protective manner when clients are unable to fend for themselves. Such interventions are increasingly a part of everyday practice as social workers respond to new man…
Skills and Tactics in Hospital Practice
Social workers often are not aware of organizational skills and tactics that can work effectively to enhance the results of direct-service practice in hospitals. This article describes some of those approaches and presents examples of their use drawn from the literature and from the author's experience
Skills and Tactics in Hospital Practice
Social workers often are not aware of organizational skills and tactics that can work effectively to enhance the results of direct-service practice in hospitals. This article describes some of those approaches and presents examples of their use drawn from the literature and from the author's experience
The Membership Model
Beneficence Re-examined
Social workers have long reacted negatively to the idea of limiting client freedoms, seeing such activity as directly contrary to such central social work values as autonomy and self-determination. Nevertheless, practitioners often find themselves required to actively intervene in a protective manner when clients are unable to fend for themselves. Such interventions are increasingly a part of everyday practice as social workers respond to new man…
Rhetoric for Direct Practice
Journal Article Rhetoric for Direct Practice Get access Allison D. Murdach, MA, ACSW, LCSW Allison D. Murdach, MA, ACSW, LCSW retired psychiatric social worker Hayward, CA Address correspondence to [email protected]. Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic PubMed Google Scholar Social Work, Volume 51, Issue 4, October 2006, Pages 365–368, https://doi.org/10.1093/sw/51.4.365 Published: 01 October 2006 Article history Recei…
Social Work in the Movies
Journal Article Social Work in the Movies: Another Look Get access Allison D. Murdach, ACSW, LCSW Allison D. Murdach, ACSW, LCSW retired psychiatric social worker 2942 Hardeman Street, Hayward, CA 94541; e-mail: [email protected] Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic PubMed Google Scholar Social Work, Volume 51, Issue 3, July 2006, Pages 269–272, https://doi.org/10.1093/sw/51.3.269 Published: 01 July 2006 Article histor…
Living in the Trenches
Journal Article Living in the Trenches: Managerial Skills for Practitioners Get access Allison D. Murdach, MA, ACSW, LCSW Allison D. Murdach, MA, ACSW, LCSW retired psychiatric social worker 2942 Hardeman Street, Hayward, CA 94541; e-mail: [email protected] Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic PubMed Google Scholar Social Work, Volume 52, Issue 4, October 2007, Pages 375–377, https://doi.org/10.1093/sw/52.4.375 Publish…
Situational Approaches to Direct Practice
During the 1890s and the first three decades of the 20th century, social work in the United States developed a community-based direct practice approach to family assistance and social reform. The basis for this method was a situational view of social life that emphasized the use of interpersonal and transactional methods to achieve social and individual change. This article highlights important aspects of the genesis and development of this appro…
Frances Kellor and the Americanization Movement
Journal Article Frances Kellor and the Americanization Movement Get access Allison D. Murdach, MA, ACSW, LCSW Allison D. Murdach, MA, ACSW, LCSW retired psychiatric social worker Address correspondence to him at 2942 Hardeman Street, Hayward, CA 94541; e-mail: [email protected]. Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic PubMed Google Scholar Social Work, Volume 53, Issue 1, January 2008, Pages 93–95, https://doi.org/10.1093…
Negotiating with Antisocial Clients
Journal Article Negotiating with Antisocial Clients Get access Allison D. Murdach, MA, ACSW, LCSW Allison D. Murdach, MA, ACSW, LCSW retired psychiatric social worker 2942 Hardeman Street, Hayward, CA 94541; e-mail: [email protected] Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic PubMed Google Scholar Social Work, Volume 53, Issue 2, April 2008, Pages 179–182, https://doi.org/10.1093/sw/53.2.179 Published: 01 April 2008 Article …
Making Difficult Decisions
Journal Article Making Difficult Decisions Get access Allison D. Murdach, LCSW Allison D. Murdach, LCSW retired psychiatric social worker Address correspondence to the author at 2942 Hardeman Street, Hayward, CA 94541; e-mail: [email protected]. Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic PubMed Google Scholar Social Work, Volume 54, Issue 4, October 2009, Pages 371–373, https://doi.org/10.1093/sw/54.4.371 Published: 01 Octob…
Discretion in Direct Practice
Journal Article Discretion in Direct Practice: New Perspectives Get access Allison D. Murdach, LCSW Allison D. Murdach, LCSW retired psychiatric social worker Address correspondence to the author at 2942 Hardeman Street, Hayward, CA 94541; e-mail: [email protected]. Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic PubMed Google Scholar Social Work, Volume 54, Issue 2, April 2009, Pages 183–186, https://doi.org/10.1093/sw/54.2.183 …
The Temperance Movement and Social Work
This article examines a forgotten episode in social work history: the involvement of the profession in the temperance movement in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.Though some notable social workers such as Jane Addams, Robert A. Woods, and Representative Jeannette Rankin (the first woman elected to the U.S. Congress), championed the temperance cause during this period, little is remembered of their efforts today. Suggestions are also drawn …
Does American Social Work Have a Progressive Tradition
Social work authors in the 1950s claimed progressivism as a unique social work "tradition" and set ofvalues, and this historical interpretation has influenced many versions of social work history since that time. Today, other voices in the profession claim various divergent traditions for social work and note that the progressive tradition has waned in the profession. Given these uncertainties, the question of whether social work has or still pos…
What Good Is Soft Evidence
Along with other helping professions, social work is today struggling to become a more "evidence-based" activity. This article explores some of the issues raised by this reevaluation of social work, especially as it relates to the issue of direct social work practice. Despite the current push to base social work helping methods on scientific results ("hard" data), social workers in direct practice continue to rely heavily on qualitative evidence …
Mary Richmond and the Image of Social Work
Journal Article Mary Richmond and the Image of Social Work Get access Allison D. Murdach, MA, LCSW Allison D. Murdach, MA, LCSW retired psychiatric social worker Address correspondence to the author at 2942 Hardeman Street, Hayward, CA 94541; e-mail: [email protected] Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic PubMed Google Scholar Social Work, Volume 56, Issue 1, January 2011, Pages 92–94, https://doi.org/10.1093/sw/56.1.92…
What Happened to Self-Determination
Journal Article What Happened to Self-Determination? Get access Allison D. Murdach, MA, LCSW Allison D. Murdach, MA, LCSW retired psychiatric social worker Address correspondence to the author at 2942 Hardeman Street, Hayward, CA 94541; e-mail: [email protected]. Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic PubMed Google Scholar Social Work, Volume 56, Issue 4, October 2011, Pages 371–373, https://doi.org/10.1093/sw/56.4.371 P…
Is Social Work a Human Rights Profession
Journal Article Is Social Work a Human Rights Profession? Get access Allison D. Murdach, LCSW Allison D. Murdach, LCSW retired psychiatric social worker Address correspondence to the author at 2942 Hardeman Street, Hayward, CA 94541; e-mail: [email protected]. Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic PubMed Google Scholar Social Work, Volume 56, Issue 3, July 2011, Pages 281–283, https://doi.org/10.1093/sw/56.3.281 Publish…
Practitioners as Managers
Journal Article Practitioners as Managers: The Need for Theory Get access Allison D. Murdach Allison D. Murdach Allison D. Murdach, LCSW,is a retired psychiatric social worker, formerly employed at the VA Medical Center, Palo Alto, CA e-mail: [email protected] Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic PubMed Google Scholar Social Work, Volume 57, Issue 1, January 2012, Pages 91–93, https://doi.org/10.1093/sw/swr004 Publishe…
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