Category Archives: Ethical issues

The ethics of Ethics

Posted on August 23, 2016 by Social Work in Health

Having just spent 8 months getting through one ethics committee (one down one to go), I am now reflecting differently on my own five years on one. My 8 months wait consisted of two months delay over December and January … Continue reading →

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A victory of rule rigidity and risk management over compassion and common sense

Posted on March 5, 2016 by Social Work in Health

Last week there was  a 92 year lady on the ward who was unable to stand but wanted to go home where she lived alone. I was requested to do a Guardianship application even though she was cognitively sound. I … Continue reading →

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Forget your professional ethics – just do it

Posted on February 19, 2016 by Social Work in Health

I have a  woman in her 90s in hospital who I am expected to do a guardianship application for. She is very intelligent and cognitively above average, can actually do that counting backward by 7s thing! She lives in a … Continue reading →

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Inclusivity and the ethics committee

Posted on October 13, 2014 by Social Work in Health

How is your ethics committee dealing with inclusive research? Social work is a social justice project and in our teaching we alert our students to structural factors in our cultures and societies when they have limiting implications for the opportunities … Continue reading →

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Practising Social Inclusion

Posted on February 25, 2014 by Social Work in Health

A Book Review Ann Taket, Beth R. Crisp, Melissa Graham, Lisa Hanna, Sophie Goldingay, Linda Wilson Routledge, New York, 2014 311 pp., ISBN 978-0-415-53107 $48.75 (paperback) This is where the left right divide often pivots. Should we bother with the wellbeing of … Continue reading →

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Discretion in rural practice

Posted on November 13, 2012 by Social Work in Health

I had a conversation at a conference earlier this week with a young social worker about to take up a position in the small town she and her family live in. The social worker retiring from that position has always … Continue reading →

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confidentiality or discretion in rural practice

Posted on August 18, 2012 by Social Work in Health

I was recently asked how I was feeling by the medical receptionist when we ran into each other at our cafe. This morning the florist also asked. They didn’t have to do anything to find out I’d been in hospital, … Continue reading →

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