title: Ethical preferences for the clinical practice of empowerment social work.
abstract: Social workers in health care and mental health benefit from interventions that integrate principles of contextual social work practice with standards for clinical practice. The authors articulate a conceptual framework for the ethical practice of social work that complements the social justice purpose. The sixteen ethical preferences in this framework are the ethics of care, autonomy, power, change, respect, critical thinking, praxis, discourse, critique, justice, contextual practice, inclusion, anti-oppression, advocacy, collaboration, and politicized practice.
authors.affiliation: Black Hawk College, Department or Social, Behavioral, and Educational Studies, 6600 34 Ave, Moline, IL 61265, USA. mileyk@bhc.edu
authors.forename: Karla
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Miley
authors.forename: Brenda
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: DuBois
mesh_terms: D000533:Altruism; D032781:Codes of Ethics; D004645:Empathy; D014943:Global Health; D006801:Humans; D026684:Personal Autonomy; D011057:Politics; D011209:Power, Psychological; D011369:Professional-Patient Relations; D012935:Social Justice / Q000941:ethics*; D012944:Social Support; D012946:Social Welfare / Q000941:ethics*; D012947:Social Work / Q000941:ethics*; D035862:Vulnerable Populations