Social Work - Ethics
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Saturday, November 21, 2009

Results from a national study of social workers sanctioned by state licensing boards.

29 Sep 2009 This article presents the results of a descriptive study, synthesizing the reports of 27 state regulatory boards about their actions against certified and licensed social workers (N = 874) during the period of 1999 to 2004. The purpose of this study ... Read more...

Consumer-driven health care: answer to global competition or threat to social justice?

29 Sep 2009 Health planning in the United States is rapidly approaching a fork in the policy road, with one direction leading the nation toward a universal plan with strong government involvement and the other direction strengthening existing market-based ... Read more...

[Fundamental principles of social work--(also) a contribution to public health ethics]

29 Apr 2009 Social work and public health are different but mutually connected. Both are professions with their own ethical foundations. Despite all differences, they have the same goal: to protect and to enhance the well-being of people. This is, in part, why ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Social Work - Ethics'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• Results from a national study of social workers sanctioned by state licensing boards. 29 Sep 2009
• Consumer-driven health care: answer to global competition or threat to social justice? 29 Sep 2009
• [Fundamental principles of social work--(also) a contribution to public health ethics] 29 Apr 2009
• Innovative service or proselytizing: exploring when services delivery becomes a platform for unwanted religious persuasion. 30 Mar 2009
• The legal and ethical context for knowing and using the latest child welfare research. 30 Dec 2008
• Compliance of social work e-therapy websites to the NASW Code of Ethics. 30 Dec 2008
• Ethical considerations of evidence-based practice. 30 Dec 2008
• Qualitative and quantitative aspects of commitment development in psychology students. 6 Aug 2008
• Rekindling commitment: reflections from a pastoral educator enmeshed in direct support professional workforce development and person centered supports. 24 May 2008
• 'Care': moral concept or merely an organisational suffix? 24 May 2008
• Holding services to account. 19 May 2008
• Internal and external goods: a philosophical critique of the hybridisation of professionalism. 19 May 2008
• What informs and shapes ethical practice in intellectual disability services? 19 May 2008
• Achieving care and social justice for people with dementia. 29 Apr 2008
• Does ethics education influence the moral action of practicing nurses and social workers? 30 Mar 2008
• [The difficult patient--a medical viewpoint] 30 Dec 2007
• The ethics of care: social workers in an influenza pandemic. 30 Dec 2007
• Ethical issues concerning disclosures of HIV diagnoses to perinatally infected children and adolescents. 30 Dec 2007
• Predictors of ethical stress, moral action and job satisfaction in health care social workers. 30 Dec 2007
• The parameters of prejudice: knowledge of ethics and age bias. 30 Dec 2007

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Technical information about 'Social Work'

Definition: The use of community resources, individual case work, or group work to promote the adaptive capacities of individuals in relation to their social and economic environments. It includes social service agencies.

Descriptor UI: D012947

Alternative terms: Social Work; Work, Social; Social Service; Service, Social; Services, Social; Social Services; Social Workers; Social Worker; Worker, Social; Workers, Social;

Related Mesh Headings: Community Health Services; Relief Work;

Allowable Qualifiers: classification; economics; education; history; instrumentation; legislation & jurisprudence; manpower; methods; organization & administration; standards; trends; statistics & numerical data; ethics;

Tree Number: I01.880.792; N02.421.849;

Online Note: use SOCIAL WORK to search SOCIAL SERVICE 1966-77

History Note: 78; was SOCIAL SERVICE 1963-77

Technical Notes: SPEC: SPEC qualif