Controversial Issues in Social Work Ethics, Values, and Obligations

by Eileen Gambrill (Editor)

Part of the popular Controversial Issues series, this paperback book presents a series of debates on the most current issues and topics in the area of social work ethics, values and obligations. Brief, lively debate format presents key issues that arise in everyday practice in a short, affordable paperback. Issues addressed Do clients have a right to information in their mental health files?; Should the findings of ethics hearings be released to the public?; Is the NASW Code of Ethics an effective guide for practitioners?; Should private practitioners have an obligation to serve clients who cannot afford their customary fees?; and many more. For professionals working in the field of social work.

256 pages, Paperback

First published September 27, 1996

About the author

Eileen Gambrill is professor of the graduate school at the School of Social Welfare. Her research interests include professional ethics and education; evidence-based practice; professional decision making; social learning theory; behavioral methods; evaluation of practice; and social skills training.

Dr. Gambrill is a grantee of the University of Bristol's Benjamin Meeker Fellowship as well as a two-time recipeint of the Pro Humanitate Award, which is bestowed by the North American Resource Center for Child Welfare. She has also served as a visiting scholar at the University of Oxford and Tel Aviv University.

Additionally, Dr. Gambrill has been editor-in-chief of Social Work Research and Abstracts as well as of Journal of Social Work Education, and she currently sits on the editorial boards of several journals. Dr. Gambrill is also a licensed psychologist.