From the Front Lines: Student Cases in Social Work Ethics

New social workers have asked for a casebook such as this that related directly to situations they were encountering in the field. This book answers that need. Useful and practical examples of ethical problems, information necessary to their proper resolution, and the thought processes were edited, revised, and arranged to support and reflect the six Ethical Standards in the new National Association of Social Work Code of Ethics, enacted in August 1996. Clear and readable cases present examples drawn form child welfare, work with families, medical social work, social justice, and others. New social workers.