Social work and malpractice: a converging course.
Malpractice actions have not been applied to social workers, to date. Emerging legal sanction for an recognition of social workers as mental health professionals, however, carries a concomitant risk of malpractice suits against social workers in a number of treatment practice areas.
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D006801:Humans; D008318:Malpractice / Q000639:trends*; D011369:Professional-Patient Relations; D012306:Risk; D012949:Social Work, Psychiatric / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence* / Q000592:standards