Chap 1 Key Terms- Intro to HMS

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Anthropology

Study of the cultural, physical, and social development of humans and the variation in their customs and beliefs.

Case management

The activities of planning and coordinating and, in some cases, delivering treatment strategies.

Evidence-based practice

A growing trend in the human services to provide services to clients based upon knowledge about their effectiveness.

Generalist approach

The knowledge, values, and skills to perform several job functions in many human service settings.

Networking

Establishing links among human service professionals and agencies to deliver quality services.

Partnerships

When two or more human service organizations work together to better serve the client.

Problems in living

The term used to describe problems that focus on the client, the environment, and the interaction between them.

Profession

An occupation that is important to society, based on academic training, and bound by ethical standards.

Psychology

The study of the mind and behavior.

Rehabilitation

The process of returning an individual to a prior state of functioning.

Self-sufficiency

The ability to care for one’s self.

Social care

Assistance to clients in meeting their social needs, especially those clients who either temporarily or long-term cannot care for themselves.

Social control

Assistance for those individuals who could provide for themselves but have failed to do so or have done so in a manner that deviates from society’s norms for appropriate behavior.

Social justice

Supporting and encouraging fair treatment of all individuals in a society and opposing and confronting injustice.

Sociology

Study of the ways in which human societies influence the people who live in these societies.

Teaming

Working together in groups or units to provide efficient and effective client services.