Brooks/Cole Empowerment Series: Ethical Decisions for Social Work Practice: Ethical Decisions for Social Work Practice 9th edition

Dolgoff (U. of Maryland, Baltimore), Harrington (U. of Maryland, Baltimore) and Loewenberg's (Bar-Ilan U. , Israel) ninth edition text for students of social work and other human service professionals is arranged in thirteen chapters under two parts. The authors introduce ethical decision making and discuss ethical choices in helping professions, values and professional ethics, guidelines for ethical decision making, and ethical dilemmas in professional practice. They also explore client rights and professional expertise; value neutrality and imposing values; dilemmas and problems in the professional relationship, confidentiality, informed consent, and the duty to protect; social justice, limited resources, and advocacy; organizational and work relationships; social work with selected client groups; changing world, changing dilemmas; and responsibility of professional ethics. The ninth edition has at least twenty-one listed updates and includes the latest research. The updated textbook is now part of Cengage Learning's new Empowerment Series. Annotation ©2012 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
ETHICAL DECISIONS FOR SOCIAL WORK PRACTICE will help you 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. It places ethical decision making within the context of professional ethics and provides guidelines, including two ethical screens, to help you identify priorities among competing ethical obligations.