04 Jan Code of Ethics and Medical Social Work

SOCW– SOCW 6204/8204: Medical Social Work I 

Discussion 1: Code of Ethics and Medical Social Work

 

he National Association of Social Workers (NASW) Code of Ethics guides the work of all social workers regardless of the setting. It is imperative that medical social workers evaluate and analyze how the standards set forth in the Code of Ethics apply specifically to health care settings and medical situations.

To prepare for this Discussion, review this week’s resources including the NASW Code of Ethics. Focus on the ethical standards and select three standards that you consider important to the practice of medical social work.

 

By Day 3( Note!!! PLEASE WRITE OUT EACH QUESTION BEFORE PROVIDING A RESPONSE. Please I need excellent work.

 

1.Post a brief explanation of the three ethical standards you selected and why you have chosen these standards as being important. 

2.Then, provide one example for each standard of how medical social workers would apply these standards to their practice.

Be sure to support your postings and responses with specific references to the resources and the current literature using appropriate APA format and style.

Be sure to support your responses with specific references to the resources. If you are using additional articles, be sure to provide full APA-formatted citations for your references both within the text and on the referencing section.  PLEASE ALWAYS INCLUDE THE REQIRED TEXTBOOK as part of the references and if possible some of the REQUIRED READING if applicable. Please always start by referring to THE TEXTBOOK, below  REQUIRED

Hospital Social Work (Paperback) 2006  Author:

Handbook of Health Social Work 3RD 19

Author: Gehlert, Sarah

ISBN-13: 978-1-119-42072-9

ISBN-10: 1-119-42072-5

Edition/Copyright: 3RD 19

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

 

 Learning Resources

Required Readings

 

Gehlert, S., & Browne, T. (Eds.). (2019). Ethics in health care. In Handbook of health social work (3rd., pp. 40-67). Wiley. https://doi.org/10.1002/9781119420743 

 

National Association of Social Workers. (2017). Code of ethics of the National Association of Social Workers. Retrieved from https://www.socialworkers.org/About/Ethics/Code-of-Ethics/Code-of-Ethics-English

 

Cole, P. L. (2012). You want me to do what? Ethical practice within interdisciplinary collaborations. Journal of Social Work Values and Ethics, 9(1), 26–39. Retrieved from http://www.jswvearchives.com/spring12/spr124.pdf

 

 

McCormick, A. J., Stowell-Weiss, P., Carson, J., Tebo, G., Hanson, I., & Quesada, B. (2014). Continuing education in ethical decision making using case studies from medical social work. Social Work in Health Care, 53(4), 344-363.

 

 

McGowan, C. M. (2011). Legal aspects of end-of-life care. Critical Care Nurse, 31(5), 64–69.

 

 

Reamer, F. G. (2013). Social work in a digital age: Ethical and risk management challenges. Social Work, 58(2), 163–172.

 

 

Reamer, F. G. (2018). Ethical issues in integrated health care: Implications for social workers. Health & Social Work, 43(2), 118-124.

 

 

Weinberg, M. (2010). The social construction of social work ethics: Politicizing and broadening the lens. Journal of Progressive Human Services, 21(1), 32–44.

 

 

Woodcock, R. (2011). Ethical standards in the NASW code of ethics: The explicit legal model, and beyond. Families in Society, 92(1), 21–27.

 

Optional Resources

 

Allen, K. (2013). Health care social workers and ethics committees. Retrieved from http://www.socialworker.com/home/Feature_Articles/Ethics/Health_Care_Social_Workers_and_Ethics_Committees/

 

Allen, K. (2013). What is an ethical dilemma? Retrieved from http://www.socialworker.com/home/Feature_Articles/Ethics/What_Is_an_Ethical_Dilemma?/