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Provides students with a decision-making process for ethical issues.
Now a part of the Core Competencies Series, From the Front Lines: Student Cases in Social Work Ethics, 4/e helps students develop a method of decision-making while providing examples with a number of case studies. Part One teaches readers the rationale for each part of the decision-making process and the tools needed to address it professionally. Part Two encompasses a thorough presentation and consideration of cases that address ethical dilemmas, issues, and problems which occur in social work practice. This text also encourages students to explore their own values and how they are used in everyday life as well as professionally.
Connecting Core Competencies series -- Each chapter highlights the core competencies and practice behavior examples found in the Educational Policy and Accreditation Standards (EPAS) set by the Council on Social Work Education (CSWE). Critical thinking questions throughout reinforces these connections. MySearchLab.com activities enhance the student experience by integrating the mastery of CSWE's core competencies with practice and research.
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Learning Goals
Upon completing this book, readers will be able to:
Develop a method for decision making for ethical dilemmas, issues, and problems which occur in social work practice.
Explore their own values.
Relate their decision making to real world examples.
Table of Contents:
In this Section:
1. Brief Table of Contents
2. Full Table of Contents
BRIEF TABLE OF CONTENTS:
PART ONE
CHAPTER 1: FRAMING THE ETHICAL PROBLEM
CHAPTER 2: THEORETICAL CONCEPTS AND ETHICAL PRINCIPLES
CHAPTER 3: USING THE CODE OF ETHICS OF THE NATIONALASSOCIATION OF SOCIAL WORKERS
CHAPTER 4: EXPLORING VALUE SYSTEMS
CHAPTER 5: CONSIDERING OPTIONS AND RESOLVING THE DILEMMA
PART TWO
CHAPTER 6: NASW ETHICAL STANDARD ONE
CHAPTER 7: NASW ETHICAL STANDARD TWO
CHAPTER 8: NASW ETHICAL STANDARD THREE
CHAPTER 9: NASW ETHICAL STANDARD FOUR
CHAPTER 10: NASW ETHICAL STANDARD FIVE
CHAPTER 11: NASW ETHICAL STANDARD SIX
FULL TABLE OF CONTENTS:
PART ONE
CHAPTER 1: FRAMING THE ETHICAL PROBLEM
Defining the Ethical Problem
Gathering Information
CHAPTER 2: THEORETICAL CONCEPTS AND ETHICAL PRINCIPLES
Theoretical Concepts
From Theories to Principles
Selecting an Appropriate Theory
CHAPTER 3: USING THE CODE OF ETHICS OF THE NATIONALASSOCIATION OF SOCIAL WORKERS
Code Structure and Content
Legal Codes and Ethical Codes
Laws, Malpractice, and the NASW Code of Ethics
Laws and Personal Ethical Standards
Using the Code to Inform Legal/Ethical Decisions
CHAPTER 4: EXPLORING VALUE SYSTEMS
Real and Ideal Values
Value Terminology
VALUE SYSTEMS
Developing a Values Hierarchy
CHAPTER 5: CONSIDERING OPTIONS AND RESOLVING THE DILEMMA
Defining Options
Selecting A Resolution
PART TWO
CHAPTER 6: NASW ETHICAL STANDARD ONE
SOCIAL WORKERS’ ETHICAL RESPONSIBILITIES TO CLIENTS
Provisions of Code
The Cases
Case Study A: Protecting The Best Interests Of a Minor/Elena B. Glekas, MSW
Case Study B: When “Best Interests of Client” Harms a Third Party/ Karen Altenberg Libman, MSW, MBA
Case Study C: When Living Feels Like Dying: Ethical Decision making with a Depressed Dialysis Patient/Mary Kardauskas, SHCJ, MSW
Case Study D: Reading the Future: When “Best Interest” Must Last 20 Years/ Amy Craig-Van Grack, MSW
Case Study E: In the Client’s Interest: Self-Determination and Mental Disability/Jose Carlos Vera, MSW
Case Study F: Determining an Acceptable Risk for a Vulnerable Client: Where Protection Impacts Self-Determination /Mira Underwood, MSW
Case Study G: Permanency Placement for Very Young Children: What Happens To Family Preservation?/Amone Bounkhoun, MSW
CHAPTER 7: NASW ETHICAL STANDARD TWO
Social Workers’ Ethical Responsibilities to Colleagues
Provisions of Code
The Cases
CASE STUDY H : Interpreting for Limited English Proficiency Clients: Is “Some”
Really Enough?/ Sarah Thibault, MSW
CASE STUDY I: Staff Safety and Patien Care: What is the Social Worker’s Role?/ Natalie Aragon, MSW
CASE STUDY J: COLLEAGUE MISCONDUCT: IF NOTHING HARMFUL REALLY HAPPENED, DO I STILL HAVE TO REPORT?/Rosa Lutrario, MSW
CHAPTER 8: NASW ETHICAL STANDARD THREE
Social Workers’ Ethical Responsibilities to Practice Settings
Provisions of the Code
The Cases
Case Study K .Can Limitation of Informed Consent by an Agency Ever Be Justified?/Diane Inselberg Spirer, MSW
Case Study L .Meeting the Needs of Immigrants: Must Acculturation be A Condition of Agency Service / Thomas W. Gray, PhD., MSW
Case Study M .An Employee Assistance Counselor’s Dilemma/ Mel Hall-Crawford, MSW
Case Study N .Group Therapy: Client Needs and Fiscal Viability/Thomas C. Bertone, MSW CSC
Case Study O: Supporting “Best Interest” in a Host Setting/ Kylie Pedersen, MSW
CHAPTER 9: NASW ETHICAL STANDARD FOUR
Social Workers’ Ethical Responsibilities as Professionals
Provisions of Code
The Cases
Case Study P: When a Client Threatens Suicide: Client Autonomy and Professional Obligation/Gigi Stowe, MSW
Case Study Q: Fidelity to a Client Unable to Communicate/ Marian D. Kaufman, MSW
CASE R: Keeping Client Secrets: Where Does Professional Responsibility Lie?/Catherine Turnbull, MSW
CHAPTER 10: NASW ETHICAL STANDARD FIVE
Social Workers’ Ethical Responsibilities to the Social Work Profession
Provisions of Code
The Cases
Case Study S: “My Clients Are in a Hurry!”: Professional Integrity versus Client Self-Determination/ Shereen Rubenstein, MSW
Case Study T: Rape: When Professional Values Place Vulnerable Clients at Risk/ EILEEN DOMBO, MSW
Case Study U: DISCHARGE HER TO A HOSPICE NOW!”—A Conflict of Professional Loyalties/ Josephine Bulkley, J.D., MSW
CHAPTER 11: NASW ETHICAL STANDARD SIX
Social Workers’ Ethical Responsibilities to the Broader Society
Provisions of Code
The Cases
Case Study V: A Journey to Moral Action: Balancing Personal, Professional, and Legal Obligations/Penelope Nabakov, MSW
Case Study W: Dealing Drugs: Can Confidentiality Ever Be Justified?/Julie B. Goodale, MSW
Case Study X: Outpatient Commitment: Must Mental Disability Preclude Civil Liberty?/ Kimberly Platt, MSW
CASE STUDY Y : Hoarding: Drawing the Line Between Personal and Public Rights/ Kari Kientzy, MSW
CASE STUDY Z : PERMANENCY PLANNING FOR YOUNG CHILDREN: ARE BRIEF TIME FRAMES ALWAYS IN THE CHILD’S BEST INTERESTS?/Maria Melendez, MSW
CASE STUDY AA : Preparing a Child for Death: Medical and Religious Considerations/ Colette Hottinger, MSW
About the Author :
Juliet Rothman, MSW, PhD.
Dr. Rothman received her MSW from Hunter College (CUNY) and her PhD. (in philosophy) from American University in Washington DC. She specialized in ethics, focusing especially on professional ethics. She taught at National Catholic School of Social Service (CUA) in Washington DC. At UC Berkeley, she has taught social work practice, diversity-competent social work practice, social work with people with disabilities, death and bereavement, aging, and law and ethics in gerontology in the School of Social Welfare, aging, health and diversity in the School of Public Health, and interdisciplinary teams in the UCB/UCSF Medical School program. Her professional publications include: From the Front Lines: Student Cases in Social Work Ethics, The Self-Awareness Workbook for Social Workers, Contracting in Clinical Social Work, Stepping Out into the Field: A Field Work Manual for Social Work Students, Social Work Practice Across Disability, and Cultural Competence in Process and Practice: Building Bridges. She authored the Social Work Desk Reference’s article on Therapeutic Contracting with Clients. Recent journal articles include Teaching Spirituality: What We Can Teach and How We Can Teach It, and The Challenge of Disability and Access: Reconceptualizing the Role of the Medical Model. She is a member of the Advisory Board of the Journal of Religion and Spirituality in Social Work and the Journal of Social Work in Disability and Rehabilitation. In the field of bereavement, she has written a child’s bibliotherapy book, A Birthday Present for Daniel, and a book for bereaved parents, The Bereaved Parents’ Survival Guide.
Dr. Rothman has worked in the field of long-term care with elderly and people with severe disabilities for many years. With the Multiple Sclerosis Society of Maryland, she has organized county-wide programs, worked with support groups, and provided individual counseling and therapy, as well as developing guidelines for social work practice with people with multiple sclerosis.
