Product Description

With the eight edition of ETHICAL DECISIONS FOR SOCIAL WORK PRACTICE, you'll learn to recognize ethical issues and dilemmas, reason carefully about ethical issues, clarify your ethical aspirations at the level demanded by the profession, and achieve a more ethical stance in your practice. This classic social work text places ethical decision-making within the context of professional ethics and provides useful guidelines, including two ethical screens to help social work practitioners identify priorities among competing ethical obligations. Developed specifically for social workers, the text features numerous case-like exemplars based on real-world practice and drawn from a variety of social work settings.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #67067 in Books
• Published on: 2008-01-16
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 272 pages

Review
"A thorough knowledge of ethics and the application of ethical behavior is a fundamental aspect of all social work practice, regardless of setting. This book is a valuable resource that covers this difficult and complex topic in a comprehensive and understandable manner. It tackles difficult practice issues in a realistic manner and forces the reader, through its abundant use of case examples and exercises at the end of each chapter, to examine his or her values and philosophical approach to practice."

"It informs the reader of the codes of ethics for social work practice and addresses in depth the application of social work values and ethics in practice dilemmas. The text includes guidelines prod the reader to become involved in thinking about practice issues and actions. It is thorough, has numerous excellent examples with guides to what to consider with each."

"I would describe this manuscript as provocative, thoughtful, filled with many wonderful exemplars. The primary strength is that it addresses many of the situations, which students and colleagues have, and will, find. It is a terrific stepping stone to start a dialogue with colleagues and students."

About the Author
Ralph Dolgoff is a professor and has served as dean of the University of Maryland School of Social Work, as associate dean and acting dean at Adelphi University, and as senior program specialist at the CSWE. He is co-author of UNDERSTANDING SOCIAL WELFARE: A SEARCH FOR SOCIAL JUSTICE , Seventh Edition (Allyn & Bacon, 2007), and is author of AN INTRODUCTION TO SUPERVISORY PRACTICE IN HUMAN SERVICES (Pearson, 2005).

Frank M. Loewenberg is professor emeritus and former director of the School of Social Work of Bar Ilan University. He is the author of FROM CHARITY TO SOCIAL JUSTICE (Transaction Books, 2001) and recently edited FIFTY YEARS OF SOCIAL WORK IN ISRAEL: MEETING THE CHALLENGES OF A CHANGING SOCIETY (Jerusalem Magnes Press, 1998). He was a contributor to the INTERNATIONAL ENCYCLOPEDIA OF SOCIAL POLICY (Routledge, 2004).

Donna Harrington is professor and doctoral program director at the University of Maryland School of Social Work. Her research focuses on child welfare and child maltreatment.

Customer Reviews

Practical and Enjoyable
This book was required reading for my Ethics class for my master's degree in social work. Of all the books, I enjoyed this one the best. It offers concise, easy-to-read chapters on a myriad of issues facing social workers in the field. These issues not only include ethical dilemmas in treating clients, but also issues involving personal ethics, agency bureaucracy, private practice, etc. Much of the information is thought-provoking and the excellent references provide further reading on those topics you are most interested in. This is one of those books you want to save after you graduate and include in your professional library.

Tons of info about ethics and lots of problem solving dilemmas
I used this book for my Ethics in Social Work class, and it was a great guide to ethical dilemmas. it really makes you consider various situations in which issues may arise needing special attention.

Ethical Decisions for Social Workers
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