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The Effects of Social Change on Clinical Practice

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Handbook of Clinical Sociology

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The issue of social change and clinical practice is more complicated than the title of this chapter would appear to indicate. The issues involved in conceptualizing social change reflect the essential role of sociology in the process of establishing clinical interventions in human behavior at the individual, organizational, and societal levels.

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  1. Department of Counseling and Health Sciences, Western Washington University, Bellingham, Washington, 98225, USA

    Nathan Church

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  1. University of Maryland, Eastern Shore, Princess Anne, Maryland, USA

    Howard M. Rebach

  2. University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas, USA

    John G. Bruhn

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Church, N. (1991). The Effects of Social Change on Clinical Practice. In: Rebach, H.M., Bruhn, J.G. (eds) Handbook of Clinical Sociology. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-3782-3_8

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