The scope of problems here indicated is nothing short of immense; it makes up one of the key segments of the social area and contributes to the identity of social work as a discipline. It is both "objective" as it covers some crucial manifestations of concrete, real human and social reality, and "subjective." This latter description refers primarily to the broadly defined sphere of human thought: beginning from basic axiological systems grounded in philosophy, theology, or culture, to established trends in defining social norms, to situational feeling and attitudes. Again, on both sides the essential quality is what is happening between and among people, in their social relations and ways of communicating