Mark Doel is Professor Emeritus at Sheffield Hallam University, England. A qualified and registered social worker, he has been a practice teacher (field instructor), an academic manager and a full-time Research Professor. He has 18 books to his name, seven in foreign translations. He was co-editor of Groupwork journal and founder editor of the Journal of Social Policy and Social Work in Transition. He has worked in the United States and has had long-standing projects with colleagues in Russia and eastern Europe, including a role as Head of PhD programmes in social work at Tbilisi State University (Georgia), where he was awarded an honorary doctorate and chair. He has many years' experience as a training consultant in the UK and internationally and he holds external examining positions in England, Wales, Scotland and Ireland.
The difference this book makes is in helping workers, not necessarily to know what is right or wrong, but helping them to know what questions to ask in order to ask increasingly better questions. This text provides a framework for the readers to consider their thinking in a balanced manner ... I will recommend this book to students both at undergraduate and post-graduate levels ... I enjoyed reading this book and will keep coming back to it. * Hellmuth Weich, The British Journal of Social Work, Vol. 48 (5) *