TY  - JOUR
T1  - Social Work Practice with Pakistani-American Families: The Implications of Spirituality vis-?-vis Islam
AU - , Ronald E. Hall 
JO  - Pakistan Journal of Social Sciences
VL  - 1
IS  - 3
SP  - 178
EP  - 182
PY  - 2003
DA  - 2001/08/19
SN  - 1683-8831
DO  - pjssci.2003.178.182
UR  - https://makhillpublications.co/view-article.php?doi=pjssci.2003.178.182
KW  - 
AB  - In the aftermath of September 11th, 2001 spiritualism has become apparent as critical to Social Work practice with Pakistani families. Regrettably, research on such families today is all-but non-existent. Their belief in Islam is the fastest growing form of spirituality in Central Asia. Social Workers who do not acknowledge this fact will be at a severe disadvantage in their attempts to treat Pakistani-American clientele. It is not compulsory that practitioners endorse client belief systems or other aspects of their spirituality, but practitioners should acknowledge said systems as a critical point in the client`s frame of reference. In the interest of social justice they are thus challenged to develop creative treatment strategies less confined to Western bias.
ER  -