Editorial

According to the aforementioned topic, the main focus in the area of social work is dealing with vulnerable people and those who have suffered different traumatic experiences. The present number of the Social Work Review opens up with the article "Emergency Out-Of-Home Placements, a Comparison Between Child Welfare Practice in Germany and Norway", where author Arve Lerum, from the University of Stavanger, Norway, Institute of Social Work, explored and compared the way the staff in the social work domain in Germany and Norway approach the situations where urgent placement is required. The next three articles are dedicated to the domestic violence study: "Family Violence: Definition Revisited", Aurel Bahnaru and Patricia-Luciana Runcan, from West University of Timişoara, Faculty of Sociology and Psychology; "Personal and Community Resources for the Victims of Domestic Violence" by Ana-Maria Dumitrescu from the University of Piteşti, Department of Psychology, Communicational Sciences and Social Work; "Aspects of Violence against Women in Roma Families", written by Adrian Dan, Social Work Department, Faculty of Sociology and Social Work, University of Bucharest, and Oana Banu from The Institute for Quality of Life. Alina Simona Hoară, Ph.D student at the University of Bucharest, Faculty of Sociology and Social Work, approaches the theme of loss trauma associated with the news of a serious diagnosis for people who suffer from terminal illness (health, physical and life integrity loss) and their families (loss of the significant other), as well as the roles of the social worker as a member of the palliative team that offers assistance and support for the beneficiary and their family, in the article entitled "A Realistic Vision of the Practical and Social Needs of People with Terminal Diseases".