MARC Record from Library of Congress

LEADER: 03291cam a2200373 i 4500
001 2014014581
003 DLC
005 20150620081810.0
008 140411s2015 nyuk b 001 0 eng
010 $a 2014014581
020 $a9780231167826 (cloth : alk. paper)
020 $a0231167822 (cloth : alk. paper)
020 $a9780231167833 (pbk. : alk. paper)
020 $a0231167830 (pbk. : alk. paper)
020 $z9780231538435 (e-book)
020 $z023153843X (e-book)
040 $aDLC$beng$cDLC$erda$dDLC
042 $apcc
043 $an-us---
050 00 $aKF3721$b.R43 2015
082 00 $a344.7303/13$223
100 1 $aReamer, Frederic G.,$d1953-$eauthor.
240 10 $aSocial work malpractice and liability
245 10 $aRisk management in social work :$bpreventing professional malpractice, liability, and disciplinary action /$cFrederic G. Reamer ; legal review by Michael J. Racette, Esq.
250 $a[Updated edition].
264 1 $aNew York :$bColumbia University Press,$c[2015]
300 $axiv, 367 pages :$bforms ;$c24 cm
336 $atext$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$2rdamedia
338 $avolume$2rdacarrier
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 327-355) and index.
505 00 $aProfessional risk management : an overview -- Professional malpractice and liability -- Key concepts in risk management -- The elements of malpractice and liability -- Process versus outcome and the standard of care -- Damages in liability cases -- Confidentiality and privileged communication -- The delivery of services -- Clients' rights -- Informed consent -- Clinical assessment and intervention -- Negligent intervention -- Boundary issues and dual relationships -- Managing boundary risks -- Undue influence -- Suicide -- Involuntary civil commitment -- Protective services -- Defamation of character -- Digital technology and social media -- Impaired social workers -- The nature of impairment -- Extent of impairment -- Causes of impairment -- Sexual abuse of clients -- Practitioner substance abuse -- Response to impairment -- Risk management strategy -- The challenge for social work -- Supervision: clients and staff -- Client supervision -- Staff supervision -- Supervision case law -- Supervision of volunteers -- Liability and social work education -- Preventing supervisory liability -- Consultation, referral, documentation, and records -- Consultation in social work -- Referral in social work -- Social work documentation and records -- Evolution of social work standards -- Risk management standards and guidelines -- Deception and fraud -- Self-interested deception and fraud -- Deception and fraud motivated by altruism -- Termination of service -- The concept of abandonment -- Premature termination -- Prevention strategy -- Responding to lawsuits and ethics complaints: the role of prevention -- In the event of a lawsuit or licensing board complaint -- The role of the expert witness -- Preventing lawsuits and licensing board complaints: good practice -- Preventing lawsuits and licensing board complaints: good ethics -- Ethical dilemmas and decision making -- Conducting an ethics audit.
650 0 $aSocial workers$xMalpractice$zUnited States.
650 0 $aSocial workers$xLegal status, laws, etc.$zUnited States.