Publication:
Ethical dilemmas and areas of social work intervention in Spain

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2020-01-06

Date

2018

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Taylor & Francis
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Versión aceptada / Onetsi den bertsioa

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Abstract

The purpose of this study is to identify the types of ethical dilemmas that Spanish social workers face in their respective areas of intervention. The intervention areas that have been studied are health, children, immigrants, women, family, marginalized persons, ethnic minorities, young people, prisoners, elderly people, refugees and asylum seekers, schools and social and employment-related integration, mental health, disability and drug addictions. A quantitative methodology was chosen using a version of the questionnaire prepared by Eileen J. Ain in a sample of 700 Spanish social workers. The statistical analysis shows the correlation between the different areas of intervention in Social Work and the most significant ethical dilemmas that such professionals have to solve. The most pertinent ethical dilemmas are found in the healthcare sector (confidentiality, disclosure of personal information and patient autonomy). The article is an important contribution for Social Work at the national level that emphasizes the importance of the ethics of Social Work in social interventions. It is proposed to deepen the investigation of each of the areas of intervention for future research, as well as to carry out comparative studies between different countries.

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This is an accepted manuscript of an article published by Taylor & Francis in Journal of Social Service Research on 8 Nov 2018, available online: https://doi.org/10.1080/01488376.2018.1524813

Keywords

Ethical decision making, Ethical dilemmas, Social intervention, Social work ethics, Spain

Department

Sociología y Trabajo Social / Soziologia eta Gizarte Lana

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