Polansky, Norman A. <br/><br/>
Roots of futility / 
Norman A. Polansky, Robert D. Borgman, and Christine De Saix. 
 - San Francisco, California :  Jossey-Bass Inc., Publishers,  c1972 
 - xvi, 267 pages :  illustrations ;  23 cm. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/>1. Poor as Job's turkey -- 2. When is a child neglected? -- 3. Desolation -- 4. Futility in a cultural context -- 5. Design of a diagnostic study -- 6. Psychic maturity and maternal competence -- 7. Transmission of futility -- 8. Impact of a child -- 9. Infantilization -- 10. Verbal accessibility in diagnosis -- 11. Exercise in futility -- 12. Breaking the chain. 
<br/><br/> This book began not with a design but with a dream. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>875891500 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>BEHAVIORAL
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>HV 741 .P65 1972