Practising ethically during COVID-19: social work challenges and responses
Fecha
2020Versión
Acceso abierto / Sarbide irekia
Tipo
Artículo / Artikulua
Versión
Versión publicada / Argitaratu den bertsioa
Impacto
|
10.1177/0020872820949614
Resumen
This article draws on findings of an international study of social workers’ ethical challenges during COVID-19, based on 607 responses to a qualitative survey. Ethical challenges included the following: maintaining trust, privacy, dignity and service user autonomy in remote relationships; allocating limited resources; balancing rights and needs of different parties; deciding whether to break or b ...
[++]
This article draws on findings of an international study of social workers’ ethical challenges during COVID-19, based on 607 responses to a qualitative survey. Ethical challenges included the following: maintaining trust, privacy, dignity and service user autonomy in remote relationships; allocating limited resources; balancing rights and needs of different parties; deciding whether to break or bend policies in the interests of service users; and handling emotions and ensuring care of self and colleagues. The article considers regional contrasts, the ‘ethical logistics’ of complex decision-making, the impact of societal inequities, and lessons for social workers and professional practice around the globe. [--]
Materias
Covid-19,
Ethical logistics,
Ethics,
Inequities,
Pandemic,
Social work
Editor
SAGE
Publicado en
International Social Work, 2020, 63(5), 569-583
Departamento
Universidad Pública de Navarra. Departamento de Sociología y Trabajo Social /
Nafarroako Unibertsitate Publikoa. Soziologia eta Gizarte Lana Saila
Versión del editor
Entidades Financiadoras
A small grant for research assistance was received from Durham University (UK) from the Economic and Social Research Council Impact Acceleration Account, reference ES/T501888/1.