Empowering Social Workers : Virtuous Practitioners

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Pawar, Manohar (Editor), Hugman, Richard (Editor), Alexandra, Andrew (Editor), Anscombe, A. W. (Bill) (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Singapore : Springer Singapore : Imprint: Springer, 2017.
• Subjects: Social sciences.; Public health.; Social work.; Social service.; elektronické knihy; electronic books
• ISBN: 9789811038099
• DOI: 10.1007/978-981-10-3809-9
• Physical Description: XII, 204 p. 1 illus. online resource.

This book demonstrates the central role of ethical character in effective social work practice. Showcasing select biographies of social workers, it reveals how skilled practitioners have developed such core virtues as compassion, love, commitment, prudence, respect for human dignity and a critical s...