Sharlene B. C. L. Furuto retired as associate dean in the College of Human Development and professor of social work at Brigham Young University-Hawaii in 2012. She is the coeditor of Culturally Competent Practice: Skills, Interventions, and Evaluations and Social Work Practice with Asian Americans.
Thorough, informative, comprehensive, and thoughtful, this volume presents lessons useful for development discussions in other (Asian and Pacific Island) social, political, and cultural contexts, including Western cultures. This text will have value well beyond social work. -- Cathryne L. Schmitz, University of North Carolina at Greensboro A valuable contribution to the globalized social work education. International Journal of Social Welfare