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From the Front Lines: Student Cases in Social Work Ethics

ISBN: 9780205274505 | 0205274501
Edition: 1st
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Allyn & Bacon
Pub. Date: 1/1/1998

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SummaryTable of Contents
This text can be used as a supplement in any course that includes consideration of social work ethics, whether in social work practice courses, introduction to social work courses, or courses or seminars on social work ethics. The author, Juliet Rothman, found that case material in current ethics texts is too brief to permit a thoughtful evaluation and decision-making process. Available ethics casebooks are from the medical field, and do not reflect many situations encountered by social workers. The text presents the elements of ethical decision-making, to provide students with a clear guide to ethical problem recognition and definition. It stresses the importance of gathering necessary information and presents three alternative, frequently-used systems of theories and principles (Gewirth's Ethical Principles Hierarchy, Loewenberg and Dolgoff's Ethical Principles Screen, and Beauchamp and Childress' Bioethics Model). The second part of the text includes 30 cases contributed by students from situations actually experienced during their field work practice. Students themselves had asked for a casebook that related directly to situations they were encountering in the field. Useful and practical examples of ethical problems, information necessary to their proper resolution, and the students' thought processes were edited, revised, and arranged to support and reflect the six Ethical Standards in the new NASW Code of Ethics, enacted in August of 1996. Clear and readable cases present examples drawn from child welfare, work with families, medical social work, social justice, and others. Each case is followed by five questions for thought and class discussion to stimulate ethical thinking. Two separate Tables of Contents allow instructors and students to find appropriate cases based on the Ethical Standards of the Code, or upon a field of practice.
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Contents by Practice Contextx(3)
Prefacexiii
INTRODUCTION: ELEMENTS OF ETHICAL DECISION MAKING1(24)
Defining the Ethical Problem4(3)
Gathering Information7(2)
Theoretical Concepts9(2)
Examining Ethical Theories9(1)
The Role of Free Will and Choice10(1)
From Theories to Principles11(5)
Alan Gewirth's Principles Hierarchy11(1)
Loewenberg and Dolgoff's Ethical Principles Screen12(1)
A Bioethics Perspective: The Medical Model13(2)
Different Systems Engender Different Results15(1)
Using the Code of Ethics of the National Association of Social Workers16(2)
Client Values, Societal Values, and Personal Values18(2)
Defining Options, Arriving at a Resolution20(2)
Case Presentations22(2)
Organization of Sections22(1)
Organization of Case Material23(1)
Bibliography24(1)
CHAPTER 1 NASW ETHICAL STANDARD ONE: SOCIAL WORKERS' ETHICAL RESPONSIBILITIES TO CLIENTS
25(75)
Introduction25(6)
Provisions of Code25(1)
The Cases26(5)
Case Study 1.1 Protecting the Best Interests of a Minor
31(6)
Elena B. Glekas
Questions for Thought and Discussion
36(1)
Case Study 1.2 When "Best Interests of Client" Harms a Third Party
37(8)
Karen Altenberg Libman
Questions for Thought and Discussion
44(1)
Case Study 1.3 When Living Feels Like Dying: Ethical Decision Making with a Depressed Dialysis Patient
45(8)
Mary A. Kardauskas
Questions for Thought and Discussion
52(1)
Case Study 1.4 Reading the Future: When "Best Interest" Must Last Twenty Years
53(9)
Amy Craig-Van Grack
Questions for Thought and Discussion
60(2)
Case Study 1.5 "I'm Fourteen! My Parents Died of Cancer. I Have a Right to Refuse Treatment!"
62(6)
Corinne Houlahan Cook
Questions for Thought and Discussion
67(1)
Case Study 1.6 In the Client's Interest: Self-Determination and Mental Disability
68(6)
Jose Carlos Vera
Questions for Thought and Discussion
72(2)
Case Study 1.7 The Adoption Records Controversy: Three Primary Clients Whose Interests May Conflict
74(6)
Sarah M. Russell
Questions for Thought and Discussion
79(1)
Case Study 1.8 Work with Abusive Parents: Establishing the Limits of Confidentiality
80(6)
Elizabeth Porter
Questions for Thought and Discussion
84(2)
Case Study 1.9 Believing an Emotionally Disturbed Child: Abused or Confused?
86(5)
Shahla R. Adam
Questions for Thought and Discussion
90(1)
Bibliography
91(9)
CHAPTER 2 NASW ETHICAL STANDARD TWO: SOCIAL WORKERS' ETHICAL RESPONSIBILITIES TO COLLEAGUES
100(20)
Introduction100(4)
Provisions of Code100(1)
The Cases101(3)
Case Study 2.1 Share and Share Alike: A Dilemma in Professional Educational Development
104(8)
Karen A. Wilson
Questions for Thought and Discussion
110(2)
Case Study 2.2 When a Colleague "Defines" Policy--and You Don't Agree!
112(6)
Linda K. Lopez
Questions for Thought and Discussion
117(1)
Bibliography
118(2)
CHAPTER 3 NASW ETHICAL STANDARD THREE: SOCIAL WORKERS' ETHICAL RESPONSIBILITIES TO PRACTICE SETTINGS
120(46)
Introduction120(6)
Provisions of Code120(3)
The Cases123(3)
Case Study 3.1 Can Limitation of Informed Consent by an Agency Ever Be Justified?
126(7)
Diane Inselburg Spirer
Questions for Thought and Discussion
132(1)
Case Study 3.2 Computerized Record Keeping: Agency Efficiency versus Client Privacy
133(6)
Aimee H. Mclain
Questions for Thought and Discussion
137(2)
Case Study 3.3 Meeting the Needs of Immigrants: Must Acculturation Be a Condition of Agency Service?
139(9)
Thomas W. Gray
Questions for Thought and Discussion
146(2)
Case Study 3.4 "Help Me Become Heterosexual! This Agency Serves Homosexuals, Doesn't It?
148(6)
Ann K. Ewing
Questions for Thought and Discussion
152(2)
Case Study 3.5 An Employee Assistance Counselor's Dilemma
154(7)
Mel Hall-Crawford
Questions for Thought and Discussion
160(1)
Bibliography
161(5)
CHAPTER 4 NASW ETHICAL STANDARD FOUR: SOCIAL WORKERS' ETHICAL RESPONSIBILITIES AS PROFESSIONALS
166(30)
Introduction166(4)
Provision of Code166(1)
The Cases167(3)
Case Study 4.1 When a Client Threatens Suicide: Client Autonomy and Professional Obligation
170(6)
Gigi Stowe
Questions for Thought and Discussion
174(2)
Case Study 4.2 "Now that You're Leaving, Why Can't We Just Be Friends?"
176(5)
Joanna P. Martin
Questions for Thought and Discussion
180(1)
Case Study 4.3 Motivation or Consequence: When "Help" May Result in Dishonesty, Fraud, or Deception
181(6)
Margaret Crowley
Questions for Thought and Discussion
185(2)
Case Study 4.4 Fidelity to a Client Unable to Communicate
187(5)
Marian D. Kaufman
Questions for Thought and Discussion
192(1)
Bibliography
192(4)
CHAPTER 5 NASW ETHICAL STANDARD FIVE: SOCIAL WORKERS' ETHICAL RESPONSIBILITIES TO THE SOCIAL WORK PROFESSION
196(34)
Introduction196(4)
Provisions of Code196(2)
The Cases198(2)
Case Study 5.1 "My Clients Are in a Hurry!": Professional Integrity versus Client Self-Determination
200(5)
Shereen Rubenstein
Questions for Thought and Discussion
203(2)
Case Study 5.2 Rape: When Professional Values Place Vulnerable Clients at Risk
205(5)
Eileen A. Dombo
Questions for Thought and Discussion
208(2)
Case Study 5.3 When Client Self-Determination Places an Unborn Child at Risk
210(8)
Patricia Y. Braun
Questions for Thought and Discussion
216(2)
Case Study 5.4 "Discharge Her to a Hospice Now!"--A Conflict of Professional Loyalties
218(8)
Josephine K. Bulkley
Questions for Thought and Discussion
225(1)
Bibliography
226(4)
CHAPTER 6 NASW ETHICAL STANDARD SIX: SOCIAL WORKERS' ETHICAL RESPONSIBILITIES TO THE BROADER SOCIETY
230(55)
Introduction230(5)
Provisions of Code230(2)
The Cases232(3)
Case Study 6.1 HIV: The Confidentiality Duty-to-Warn Dilemma
235(5)
Robin E. Rolley
Questions for Thought and Discussion
239(1)
Case Study 6.2 Dealing Drugs: Can Confidentiality Ever Be Justified?
240(6)
Julie B. Goodale
Questions for Thought and Discussion
244(2)
Case Study 6.3 A Case of Distributive Justice
246(7)
Gail S. Fleder
Questions for Thought and Discussion
251(2)
Case Study 6.4 Out-Patient Commitment: Must Mental Disability Preclude Civil Liberty?
253(6)
Kimberly Platt
Questions for Thought and Discussion
258(1)
Case Study 6.5 Genetic Research: For the Good of This Subject or for (Future) Society?
259(10)
Daniel W. Wilson
Questions for Thought and Discussion
268(1)
Case Study 6.6 A Commitment to Social Justice: Social Work and Immigration Policy
269(8)
M. Therese Jones
Questions for Thought and Discussion
276(1)
Bibliography
277(8)
APPENDIX THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF SOCIAL WORKERS CODE OF ETHICS (REVISED 1996)285(26)
INDEX311

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