Whistle-blowing as a form of advocacy: Guidelines for the practitioner and organization

Social Work

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 219-230

  Greene, Annette D ^a   Latting, Jean Kantambu ^b  

^a Metropolitan One Church   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Advocacy; Ethics; Whistle blowing

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOETHICS AND PROFESSIONAL ETHICS; ETHICS; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MEDICAL ETHICS; PATIENT ADVOCACY; POLICY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PROFESSIONAL MISCONDUCT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL WORK; UNITED STATES; WHISTLEBLOWING;

BIOETHICS AND PROFESSIONAL ETHICS;

CODES OF ETHICS; ETHICS, PROFESSIONAL; GUIDELINES; HUMANS; ORGANIZATIONAL POLICY; PATIENT ADVOCACY; PROFESSIONAL MISCONDUCT; SOCIAL WORK; TRUTH DISCLOSURE; UNITED STATES; WHISTLEBLOWING;

EID: 2542514649     PISSN: 00378046     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/sw/49.2.219     Document Type: Article

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