TY  - JOUR
PY  - 1983//
TI  - On the Relevance of Informal Social Networks to Social Work Intervention
JO  - British journal of social work
A1  - Timms, Elizabeth
SP  - 405
EP  - 415
VL  - 13
IS  - 1
N2  - Taking as its starting point the Barclay Committee's definition of community in terms of local informal networks, this paper sets out to cull some relevant material from the literature of social networks and to use it to demonstrate the appropriateness of orienting social work practice to the community. In suggesting an emphasis on supporting rather than supplanting existing informal caring systems, it is made dear that, if motivated by parsimony such an approach risks irresponsibly increasing distress and social costs.<p />
LA  - en
SN  - 0045-3102
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oxfordjournals.bjsw.a054873
ID  - ref1
ER  -