Controversial issues in social work ethics, values, and obligations /
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| Imprint: | Boston : Allyn and Bacon, 1997. |
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| Description: | xvi, 239 p. |
| Language: | English |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/2542231 |
Table of Contents:
- Preface
- Introduction
- I. Debates about Practice
- 1. Should Clients Have Access to their Mental Health Records? Yes
- 2. Is it unethical for professional helpers to encourage or allow clients to become dependent on them? Yes
- 3. Does reliance on diagnostic labels help clients more than it hurts them? Yes
- 4. Is the use of fringe therapiesthose lacking substantial theoretical or scientific meritunethical? Yes
- 5. Should social workers enroll as preferred providers with for-profit managed care groups? Yes
- II. Debates about the Use of Coercion
- 6. Does the goal of preventing suicide justify placing suicidal clients in care? Yes
- 7. Does coercion have a legitimate place in the treatment of legally competent clients? Yes
- III. Debates about Self Regulation of the Profession
- 8. Is the public adequately protected from incompetent practitioners through licensing? Yes
- 9. Should the findings of ethics hearings be released to the public? Yes
- 10. Is the NASW Code of ethics an effective guide for practitioners? Yes
- 11. Do the ethical standards of the profession carry a higher authority than the law? Yes
- 12. Is the Code of Ethics as applicable to agency executives as it is to direct service practitioners? Yes
- 13. Are professional helpers obliged to talk to a colleague about his or her unethical behavior and, if that is ineffective, report the matter to peers or higher authority? Yes
- IV. Debates about Professional Education and Training
- 14. Does professional education adequately prepare students to resolve ethical problems of practice? Yes
- 15. Are professional practitioners ethically bound to keep abreast of the research literature in their respective fields? Yes
- V. Debates about Special Client Populations
- 16. Is it ethical to presume the competency of runaway/homeless children who are seeking care at a runaway and homeless shelter? Yes
- 17. Is the number of social workers in private practice a measure of how far the profession has strayed from Its historic obligation to serve the poor? Yes
- 18. Is there a strong ethical case for disallowing or discouraging interracial adoptions? Yes
- 19. Are private practitioners obligated to serve at least some clients who cannot afford their customary fees? Yes