Table of Contents

Contents Preface 1. Professional Malpractice and Liability: An Overview 2. Confidentiality and Privacy 3. Service Delivery: Improper Treatment 4. Service Delivery: Impaired Social Workers 5. Supervision: Clients and Staff 6. Consultation, Referral, and Records 7. Deception and Fraud 8. Termination of Service 9. Concluding Observations Appendix: Sample Forms Legal Citations

Promotional Information

Long regarded as the standard text for classroom use and an invaluable reference for agency administrators, social work supervisors, line clinicians, and private practitioners, Social Work Malpractice and Liability has now been updated to include new material on the revised NASW Code of Ethics, recent court decisions related to social work malpractice and liability, boundary issues and dual relationships, and how social workers can conduct an "ethics audit" in the workplace.

About the Author

Frederic G. Reamer is professor of social work at Rhode Island College. A recipient of the Council on Social Work Education's award for distinguished contributions in social work, he is the author of ten books published by Columbia.

Reviews

"A definitive book by an outstanding scholar that is destined to become the authoritative text on the subject for our profession." -- "Journal of Teaching in Social Work (of the first edition)"