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In social work, moral dilemmas are the rule rather than the exception. Reaching a clear professional judgement in stressful practice situations can be both challenging and complex. What is the 'best' course of action or the 'right' thing to do? --
This important volume brings together highly regarded contributors from around the world to widen the debate about ethics and values through an unrivalled range of contemporary approaches. Divided into four parts, the book covers professional, moral, social and spiritual perspectives, including: --
Ethical dilemmas and decision making --
The ethics of care and the ethics of responsibility --
Anti-racist and anti-oppressive practices --
Islam and New-Age views --
This agenda-setting text is both critical and reflective in content, demonstrating the impact of ethical and value perspectives on social work thinking and intervention. It is essential reading for all social work students studying ethics and values and for practitioners wishing to deepen their understanding of ethical practice --
Mel Gray is Professor of Social Work and Research Professor in the Australian Institute of Social Inclusion and Wellbeing at the University of Newcastle, Australia. --
Stephen A. Webb is Professor of Human Sciences and Director of the Australian Institute for Social Inclusion and Well-being at the University of Newcastle, Australia. He is also Visiting Professorial Fellow in Social Work at the University of Sussex, UK, and was awarded the prestigious 'Deutscher Akademischer Austausch Dienst' Visiting Professorship at the University of Bielefeld, Germany, in 2008. --Book Jacket.