Humane Managed Care?

Gerald Schamess, MSS, is professor of social work at Smith College School for Social Work, Northampton, Massachusetts, and editor of the Smith College Studies in Social Work. He has published widely on treatment process and group treatment for children and adolescents, and has practiced clinically since 1958.

Anita Lightburn, MSS, MEd, EdD, is dean and Elizabeth Marting Truehaft Professor at Smith College School for Social Work and a member of the Academy of Practice. She has taught clinical social work practice for 25 years and is an author and consultant. Before assuming the deanship in 1994, she was a practicing clinician and an associate professor at Columbia University School of Social Work, New York. Recent research includes family support for at-risk families and knowledge development to support work with traumatized children and families.