岡 知史

The Diversity of Indigenous Wisdom on Grief: Exploring Social Work Approaches to Bereavement (Tomofumi Oka, Nur Atikah Mohamed Hussin, & Anneli Silvén Hagström, 2017). The IAFOR International Conference on the Social Sciences – Hawaii 2017 Official Conference Proceedings, pp. 53-65.

This chapter explores a type of formal volunteering, carried out in groups, by peers who share a problematic health, economic, or social condition or situation. Peers meet together in self-help/mutual aid groups (SH/MAGs) to alleviate or improve their own circumstances. Of particular importance are the reciprocal social relationships in these groups — active participants both give and receive support. The chapter traces the broad history of SH/MAGs, reflecting similarities and differences in the co-authors’ regions of the world. The benefits that accrue to people active in SH/MAGs are highlighted at a personal, collective, and community level. The authors explore how self-help/mutual aid is enabled, given the challenges currently facing this form of volunteering, including global economic austerity and the dominance of professional and paternalistic modes of help.

“Making Peace with Grief through Indigenous Wisdom.” (Tomofumi Oka, 2016) In N. Hinerman & M. R. Sanders (Eds.), Care, Loss, and the End of Life (pp. 127-137). Oxford, UK: Inter-Disciplinary Press.

“Survivor Spirituality versus Popular-Therapeutic Spirituality: Two Conflicting Approaches to Supporting Japanese Family Survivors of Suicide.” (Tomofumi Oka, 2016) Pp. 131-42 in Spirituality: An Interdisciplinary View, edited by Jennifer Mata-McMahon, Tihana Kovač, and Grace Miller. Oxford, UK: Inter-Disciplinary Press

“Spirituality and Japanese Self-Help Groups for Alcoholics: Zen Buddhism for Abstinence.” (Tomofumi Oka and Richard Chehnall, 2015) Pp. 197-212 in Understanding New Perspectives of Spirituality, edited by Edie Lanphar and Agata Wilczek. Freeland, Oxfordshire, UK: The Inter-Disciplinary Press.

Danshu-dojo: A qualitative examination of a Japanese therapeutic community for alcoholics (Richard Chenhall, & Tomofumi Oka, 2014). Alcohol and Alcoholism, 49(suppl 1), i41. DOI: 10.1093/alcalc/agu053.17

Self-help groups for alcoholics in Japan: Models of “recovery”. (Richard Chenhall & Tomofumi Oka, 2014) Jeremy Breden, Stacey Steele, & Carolyn S. Stevens (Eds.), Internationalising Japan: Discourse and practice (pp. 125-141). New York: Routledge.

Oka, T. (2013). Danshu-no-michi, “The Way of Abstinence”: Japanese cultural-spiritual model of alcohol abstinence developed by alcoholics’ self-help groups. Sophia University Studies in Social Services, 37, 5-30.

“Grief is Love”: Understanding grief through self-help groups organised by the family survivors of suicide (Tomofumi Oka, 2013). In A. A. Drautzburg & J. Oldfield (Eds.), Making sense of suffering: A collective attempt (pp. 75-86). Freeland, Oxfordshire, UK: Inter-Disciplinary Press.

Self-Help Groups, Self-Help Supporters, and Social Work: A Theoretical Discussion with Some Case Illustrations of Family Survivors of Suicide in Japan [Original in Japanese] (Tomofumi Oka, & Thomasina Borkman, 2011), Studies on Social Work 37(3), 168-183.

The “New Life” model of a Japanese self-help group for alcoholics. (Tomofumi Oka, 2011). Sophia University Studies in Social Services, 35, 16-35.

Self-help groups for family survivors of suicide in Japan: For empowerment, not grief care. (Tomofumi Oka, Sachiko Tanaka, Hidehiko Ake, & Shōko Kuwabara, 2011). Proceedings of the 21st Asia-Pacific Social Work Conference, Tokyo, July 15-18, pp. 526-533.

Qualitative Social Work Research in the Asia-Pacific Region. (Robyn Munford, Tomofumi Oka, & Murli Desai, 2009). Qualitative Social Work, 8(4), 419-425.

Different things under the same name? A research dialogue on self-help organisations between a Japanese social worker and an Australian anthropologist. (Tomofumi Oka & Richard Chenhall, 2007). Sophia University Studies in Social Services, 31, 39-64.

An Initial View of Self-Help Groups for Japanese Alcoholics: Danshukai in its Historical, Social, and Cultural Contexts. (Richard D. Chenhall, & Tomofumi Oka, 2009). International Journal of Self Help and Self Care, 5(2), 111-152. DOI: 10.2190/SH.5.2.b

Research on Self-Help Organizations in Japan: Working with a Sense of Duty (“Giri”). (Tomofumi Oka, & Richard Dean Chenhall, 2011) International Journal of Self-Help and Self-Care 5(4), 371-392. DOI: 10.2190/SH.5.4.h

Qualitative Research in Social Work [Original in Japanese] (Tomofumi Oka, & Ian Shaw, 2003), in N. Hisada (Eds.), Shakai Fukushi no Kenkû Nyûmon [Introduction to Social Work Research]. (pp. 115-147) Tokyo: Chûô Hôki.

Self-Help Groups for Parents of Children with Intractable Diseases: A Qualitative Study of Their Organisational Problems. PhD Dissertation. Cardiff University School of Social Sciences (University of Wales, Cardiff)

右田紀久恵・小寺全世・白澤政和編『社会福祉援助と連携』中央法規出版 NII書誌ID(NCID) BA48336230 ISBN 4805819642

A Research Report on Problems Confronting Leaders and Members of Parent Groups (Tomofumi Oka, ed, 2000). Tokyo: The Research Team of Oya-no-Kai Renrakukai.

The History, Concepts and Theories of Self-Help Groups: From an International Perspective [Original in Japanese] (Tomofumi Oka, & Thomasina Borkman, 2000). The Japanese Journal of Occupational Therapy 34 (7), 718-722.

A Research Report on Groups for Parents of Children with Rare and Serious Diseases: Their Organisational Problems and the Solutions Available to Them. (Tomofumi Oka, ed, 1998). Tokyo: The Research Team of Oya-no-Kai Renrakukai.

Selbsthilfe in Japan (Tomofumi Oka, 1993). In K.Balke & C Reis (Hrsg.) Selbsthilfegruppen-Unterstützung in Europa (pp.101-113). Frankfurt am Main: Eigenverlag des Deutschen Vereins für öffentliche und private Fürsorge.

Self-Help Groups in Japan: Trends and Traditions. (Tomofumi Oka, 1997, original in 1994). Japanese Journal of Social Services, 1, 121-139.

Japan. (Tomiko Hayashi, & Tomofumi Oka, 1996). In J. Steyaet, D. Colombi, & J. Rafferty (Eds.). Human Services and Information Technology: An International Perspective (pp.163-172). Hants, England: Arena, Ashgate.

岡知史 (1995)「地域福祉の主体：地域福祉の住民組織化と主体形成」(pp. 165-177)牧里毎治・野口定久・河合克義編『地域福祉：これからの社会福祉6』有斐閣