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Frederic G. Reamer offers a frank analysis of a range of boundary issues that human-service practitioners may confront. This third edition brings the book up to date, adding discussion of the ways in which practitioners' online communications and technology-based relationships with clients can violate ethical standards.
List of contents
Preface
1. Boundary Issues and Dual Relationships: Key Concepts
2. Intimate Relationships
3. Emotional and Dependency Needs
4. Personal Benefit
5. Altruism
6. Unavoidable and Unanticipated Circumstances
7. Risk Management: Guidelines and Strategies
Notes
References
Index
About the author
Frederic G. Reamer is a professor at the School of Social Work at Rhode Island College. His Columbia University Press books include Social Work Values and Ethics (fifth edition, 2018); On the Parole Board: Reflections on Crime, Punishment, Redemption, and Justice (2016); and Risk Management in Social Work: Preventing Professional Malpractice, Liability, and Disciplinary Action (2015), among others.
Summary
Frederic G. Reamer offers a frank analysis of a range of boundary issues that human-service practitioners may confront. This third edition brings the book up to date, adding discussion of the ways in which practitioners’ online communications and technology-based relationships with clients can violate ethical standards.
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Reamer’s unique ability to connect historical ethics with current trends is unmatched. His exceptional ability to tell the stories of the dilemmas faced by human service professionals is what makes him stand out as the most renowned ethicist in the social work profession. Boundary Issues and Dual Relationships in the Human Services will prove to be vital to all social workers and others in the human service field.
