Social Work

Items

• maintain

  Sustain progress/stability through ongoing support.
• malpractice

  Professional negligence breaching standards causing harm.
• managed care

  Cost-controlled delivery of health/social services.
• man-centred society

  Patriarchal system prioritizing male perspectives/needs.
• marginalised

  Socially excluded/disadvantaged groups lacking power/resources.
• materialistic

  Valuing possessions/wealth over relationships/experiences.
• matriarchy

  Female-dominated social/family structure.
• means test

  Financial assessment determining aid eligibility.
• mediator

  Neutral third party facilitating dispute resolution.
• method

  Systematic intervention technique addressing specific issues.
• mezzo level

  Group/organization-focused practice between micro/macro.
• micro level

  Individual/family direct service intervention.
• migrant

  Person moving location seeking better conditions/opportunities.
• modern

  Contemporary/current aligned with present trends/methods.
• modernity

  Era transition from traditional to rational/secular society.
• modernism

  Cultural movement embracing progress/innovation/rationality.
• mortality rate

  Deaths per population unit over time period.
• mourning

  Grief adjustment process integrating loss into life.
• multi-disciplinary approach

  Collaboration across professions addressing complex needs.
• multi-problem family

  Household facing intersecting social/health/economic issues.
• mutual respect

  Valuing each other's dignity/perspectives in interactions.
• mutuality

  Reciprocal exchange/benefits in helping relationships.
• narrative therapy

  Externalizing problems through re-authoring personal stories.
• national

  Country-wide policies/programs affecting broad populations.
• needs assessment

  Systematic identification of client requirements/resources.