What is Distinctive about Qualitative Social Work Research? -- Qualitative Research and the Social Work Context -- Researching the Social Work Field -- Qualitative Methods in Social Work -- a Review -- Doing Qualitative Social Work Research -- Reviewing Research -- Qualitative Designs -- Ethics in Qualitative Research -- Asking Questions -- Telling Stories -- Traces and Deposits in Texts and Documents -- Living in Place, Space and Time -- Anticipating Analysis and Making Sense of Qualitative Data -- Doing Qualitative Analysis -- The Purposes of Qualitative Social Work Research -- Researching and Evaluating Interventions and Outcomes -- Social Justice -- Qualitative Research and Practice -- The Consequences of Qualitative Research.