The dinosaur was Social Work Research and Evaluation , 3rd ed. by Richard M. Grinnell, Jr. 1988. You're right, there are alternative ways of working in social work. We have a social worker in our Humanities M.A. here working on adoptee wholeness with a qualitative methodology. I'll pass the Davis piece on. --------------------------------------------------------------------- Laurence Steven Laurentian University [log in to unmask] Sudbury, Ontario Fax, English Dept. 705-675-4870; Fax, MA in Humanities 705-675-4887 Phone 705-675-1151 ex 4353 ---------------------------------------------------------------------