Ensuring ethical practice: An examination of NASW Code violations, 1986-97

Social Work

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 251-261

  Strom Gottfried, Kimberty ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Adjudication; Ethics; Ethics violations; Social workers

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HUMAN; MEDICAL ETHICS; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; SOCIAL WORK;

ETHICS, PROFESSIONAL; HUMANS; SOCIAL WORK;

EID: 0034181271     PISSN: 00378046     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/sw/45.3.251     Document Type: Review

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