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Book Review: As The Workforce Ages: Costs, Benefits And Policy Challenges, Mary C. Sengstock

Sociology Faculty Research Publications

As the Workforce Ages: Costs, Benefits and Policy Challenges (Olivia S. Mitchell) (Reviewed by Mary C. Sengstock, Wayne State University)

Teaching Clinicians About Ethnic Cultures, Mary C. Sengstock

Sociology Faculty Research Publications

"Clinicians are increasingly aware that a single technique for individual or family counseling is inappropriate in an ethnically complex society. All clients in counseling seek relief for their distress, but, as Mayo (1991:318) has pointed out, "The paths to that goal are many." Consequently, several works clarify the characteristics of different social and cultural groups, particularly with reference to their acceptance of professional counseling and the most effective techniques. (See McGoldrick, et al. 1982; Mindel, et al. 1988; Baca Zinn & Eitzen 1993).

At best, such works, and courses based on them, provide summaries of a broad spectrum of ethnic …

Researching An Iraqi Community In The Midst Of The U. S.-Iraq War: The Researcher As Clinician, Mary C. Sengstock

Sociology Faculty Research Publications

Nationality groups are always placed in a sensitive position when strained relations develop between their country of adoption and their homeland, as occurred in Iraqi and other Arab-American communities during the Gulf War. The author was directing a research project on aged members of these communities when hostilities broke out. The war had profound effects, both on the conduct of the research project and on the community itself, causing the research to be restructured and project staff to assume clinical as well as research roles. Staff members assisted community members in dealing with their concerns relative to the war and …