Table of contents; list of tables; list of illustrations; foreword; chapter one; new directions in social philanthropy; unemployment; history of social work in banat and transylvania; understanding supervision by social workers; social constructionism applied in social work; which migration theory might better frame medical migration?; social work counselling; communication in social workers' professional organisations; developing evidence-based practice questionnaires; psychology of place; subjective perception of the quality of life among rural inhabitants.

Quality assessment of social services provided by experts from the d.g.a.s.p.c. iasi (romania)the role of the school social worker in preventing school violence; chance, hazard and risk in social work; inequity factors and mechanisms in vulnerable groups' access to healthcare services; burnout among socio-medical services professionals; the relation between workaholism and work engagement; chapter two; analysis of the protection system of children's rights based on the audit of social services for children from romania; new perspectives in juvenile offender rehabilitation.

Attachment among children and youth in long-term foster careelements of clinical sociology of intervention in child protection; community health assistance; linking fundamental research with social work practice; physical, psychological abuse and positive discipline methods used by parents in romania; vulnerability and social protection; social inclusion of young people through employment in the f.y.r.o.m.; social policy and quality of life among single-parent families in romania; psychological well-being and professions; elements of social ecology of the family.

Quality and cost standards of social services provided in private care homes for the elderlysystemic approach to intervention in families in need; consequences of emotional neglect on child development; retirement effects in the transition period in romania; effects of parents' migration on children left back home; a step forward to the better social inclusion of delinquent youth; coping strategies and the experience of work-family conflict; contributors; international peer-review for this volume.