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ships they developed with the children
they cared for or the woman of the house.
Some told of extreme hardships, such as
sexual harassment or other maltreatment.
Some participants said that young people
today think they would have “stood up”
to the employers and refused to be treated
harshly if they had lived during the years
prior to the Civil Rights Movement. As
several maids noted, they could not “stand
up,” because that was the way things were.
There was no escape, nor was there any
other employment (until they managed to
migrate further north) if they were labeled
as disrespectful. There was a price for
“stepping out of line.”
Whites tell their stories in the third
section of the book. Respondents (born
1922-1957) were those who either employed maids or came of age with maids
in their homes. Ten different themes were
derived from these narratives, including
denial, cognitive dissonance, and defensiveness about the history of the maids.
Some expressed guilt or regret for the
treatment and working conditions of the
maids. Only one White participant owned
a picture of the maid employed during
her childhood. Although many expressed
the sentiment that the maids “were like
family,” tangible proof of belonging (in the
form of a photograph) was missing.
Readers may find themselves
wondering about other stories. As most
of the White participants were teachers
or social workers, the question remains:
How would narratives of non-helping
professionals look? Possibly children
who grew up with maids were attuned to
social injustices and sensitive to inequality.
Social workers should ask: What can we
learn from these stories? Do we combat
negative attitudes, discrimination, and
oppression? Are we part of the solution
for societal ills? The authors produced a
volume that contributes to deeper analysis
and, perhaps, a bit of discomfort for all.
Reviewed by Melinda Pilkinton, Ph.D., LCSW,
Associate Professor and Director, Social Work
Program, Department of Sociology, Mississippi
State University.
Hospice Social Work, by Dona J. Reese, Columbia University Press, New York, NY, 2013,
348 pages, $42.35.
Hospice Social Work provides a
comprehensive review of recent research
on hospice work supplemented by the
author’s extensive experience working in
hospice. The book briefly reviews the history of dying in the United States, including the development of hospice and the
current status of social work in hospice.
In Chapter 3, A Model for Psychosocial
and Spiritual Care in Hospice, the author
presents a model for predicting hospice
outcomes based upon the most recent
social work research. The model is built
from the bio-psycho-social-spiritual model
and incorporates social work thinking.
The author does an excellent job of clarifying each portion of the model and how
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