Legal Issues in Social Work Practice and Research

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xiv

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2. The Social Worker-Client Relationship

   • Sana Loue

   Pages 1-15

3. Confidentiality and Disclosure

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   Pages 17-44

4. Licensing Issues

   • Sana Loue

   Pages 45-55

5. Liability Issues for Social Workers in the Clinical Context: An Overview

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   Pages 57-79

6. Legal Issues in Social Work Research

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   Pages 81-101

7. The Social Worker and Forensic Social Work

   • Sana Loue

   Pages 103-131

8. Working with Families

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   Pages 133-152

9. School Social Work

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   Pages 153-167

10. Social Work in the Context of Health Care

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    Pages 169-182

11. Mental Health and Substance Use

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    Pages 183-206

12. Abuse and Neglect Issues Across the Lifespan

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    Pages 207-231

13. Legal Issues Working with Immigrants, Refugees, and Asylees

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    Pages 233-251

14. International Social Work

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    Pages 253-264

15. Back Matter

    Pages 265-327

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This highly practical text surveys the myriad legal and ethical issues that social workers encounter both in daily practice and under special circumstances. Its initial section presents concepts in law and ethics that unite practitioners, researchers, and academics in the field, such as confidentiality, informed consent, and the interplay between social work and administrative and judicial systems. A selection of representative cases illustrates legal aspects involved in providing services to families, children, elders, and persons with disabilities. Also included are chapters on advocacy in social work, both in its potential to influence policy and on the global stage as part of the ongoing struggle for human rights and dignity.


Among the topics covered:

• Confidentiality and the social worker-client relationship
  
• Liability issues for social workers in the clinical context
  
• Legal issues arising in the context of social work research
  
• The social worker and forensic social work
  
• Social worker involvement in access to school and school services
  
• Social work in the context of health care
  
• Legal issues working with immigrants, refugees, and asylees
  
• The interface between social work and human rights

Legal Issues in Social Work Practice and Research is an interdisciplinary text aimed at social work, mental health, and legal professionals. It enhances the power of social work as an integrative system to support clients’ rights and agency.

• Confidentiality and disclosure in social work practice
• Legal issues in school social work
• Legal issues in working with families
• Malpractice in clinical social work
• Social work and the law
• The rights of the social work client
• Social Worker Client Privilege
• Reporting Abuse and Neglect
• Social Work Licensing
• Legal Issues in Social Work Research
• Forensic Social Work
• Social Work and Healthcare
• School Social Work
• Abuse and Neglect
• Elder Abuse
• Social Workers and Immigration

• School of Medicine, Department of Bioethics, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, USA

  Sana Loue

Dr. Sana Loue is a Professor in the Department of Bioethics and serves as the Vice Dean for Faculty Development and Diversity in the School of Medicine of Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio. She has secondary appointments in the Departments of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Psychiatry, and Global Health and at MSASS, the Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences. Dr. Loue holds graduate degrees in law (J.D.), epidemiology (Ph.D.), medical anthropology (Ph.D.), social work (M.S.S.A.), and secondary education (M.A.). She is also ordained as an interfaith minister. Dr. Loue’s primary research focus is on HIV risk and prevention and family violence in marginalized communities, such as non-English speakers, immigrants, sexual and ethnic/racial minorities, and persons with severe mental illness. Other research interests include forensic epidemiology, severe mental illness, and ethical issues in the conduct of research with vulnerable persons. She has authored over 70 peer-reviewed articles and 58 book chapters, and has authored and/or edited 27 books.

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