Social Work Values and Ethics / Edition 3

by Frederic G. Reamer

Overview

A comprehensive introduction to ethical decision making with practical guidance regarding professional misconduct.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780231137898
Publisher:	Columbia University Press
Publication date:	03/21/2006
Series:	Foundations of Social Work Knowledge Series
Edition description:	third edition
Pages:	256
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x (d)
Lexile:	1520L (what's this?)
Age Range:	18 Years

About the Author

Frederic G. Reamer is professor of social work at Rhode Island College and is the author of numerous books on social work and crime, including Heinous Crime: Cases, Causes, and Consequences and The Philosophical Foundations of Social Work.

Table of Contents

Preface
1. Social Work Values and Ethics: An Overview
2. Social Work Values
3. Ethical Dilemmas and Decision Making: A Framework
4. Ethical Dilemmas in Social Work: Direct Practice
5. Ethical Dilemmas in Social Work: Indirect Practice
6. Ethics Risk Management and Ethical Misconduct
Afterword
References
Index

What People are Saying About This

Carel Germain

This sophisticated analysis of forms of malpractice and professional misconduct in both direct and indirect practice is richly illustrated by practice vignettes. This is a book to be studied by all social work students and seasoned practitioners.

— Carel Germain, University of Connecticut School of Social Work

Lawrence Shulman

An invaluable tool for the experienced professional and the social work student, providing clear guidelines for exploring and resolving the ethical issues of our time.

— Lawrence Shulman, Boston University School of Social Work (of the second edition)

Editorial Reviews

A vital reference source for contemporary practice.

Canadian Association of Social Workers Bulletin - Beverley J. Antle

A vital reference source for contemporary practice.

— Beverley J. Antle

Canadian Association of Social Workers Bulletin

Synthesizes for social workers the knowledge and debates around work values and ethical dilemmas, and professional misconduct, that have grown throughout the history of the profession, emphasizing those that are most pressing in contemporary practice. Discusses such aspects as the nature of social work's mission, the process of ethical decision making, confidentiality, paternalism, labor-management disputes, termination of service, and the impaired social worker. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Booknews

As an attorney who advises and defends social workers, I am grateful for this fifth edition of Dr. Reamer’s Social Work Values and Ethics. It provides practitioners in this digital age a needed roadmap showing the road home to the professions’ values and ethics.

David C. Barry

The oft-cited Rick Reamer has become a household name in social work education and practice. The fifth edition of Social Work Values and Ethics will continue to influence academicians, students, and practitioners. Moreover, the timely book will address the 2018 changes in the NASW Code of Ethics, which will have a profound impact on practice and education. Well done!

Stephen M. Marson

Frederic G. Reamer’s accessible approach to social work values and ethics is informed by decades of extensive scholarship and addresses important contemporary issues. He offers a powerful resource for social workers to expand critical thinking, strengthen practice, and improve effectiveness in navigating complex ethical dilemmas.

Malitta Engstrom

Now in its fifth edition, Frederic Reamer’s Social Work Values and Ethics has become the canonical text in social work ethics. Through theoretical and case-based analyses, this new edition presents students, practitioners, and researchers the opportunity to develop a solid foundation in ethical reasoning that is both sophisticated and practical.

Dominic Sisti

Clear. Comprehensive. Current. In this edition, Reamer builds on the sound foundation of this time-honored text with cases and questions that reflect changes in the Code and the contemporary complexities of social work practice.

Kim Strom-Gottfried

As an attorney and social worker who defends and advises social work professionals, I am grateful for the theoretically deep yet profoundly practical guidance offered by the sixth edition of Reamer’s Social Work Values and Ethics. It deserves a prominent place on every social worker’s bookshelf.

David Barry

The strength of Reamer’s approach is bringing values, ethics, practical decision making, and risk management into conversation with a wide variety of case studies and dilemmas occurring directly in everyday social work practice. Practitioners and educators will especially profit from Reamer’s updated chapter on professional misconduct, entanglements in which social workers might easily find themselves, and how to prevent such situations from occurring in the first place.

Daniel Liechty

A valuable educational manual for students and professionals in the complex and changing field.

Wisconsin Bookwatch

A very clear and practical book for social worker practitioners in North America and beyond for reference on ethical decision-making.

China Journal of Social Work