This article focuses on the boundaries clinicians draw between ethical and clinical
responses in their work. Although these two aspects of practice are always interdependent …

I HAVE TRIED for many years to face my demons about whether or not social work is
ethically tenable. The persistence of the question, despite my best efforts to" just get on with …

The recent ratification of a new NASW Code of Ethics—the most ambitious set of ethical
guidelines in social work's history—marks an important stage in the profession's …

This paper discusses the status of ethics within the social work profession. An historical
perspective is presented as well as a consideration of the place of ethics in social work …

By STEFAN A. PASTERNACK, MD atients pay for psychotherapy one way or another. The
mechanisms for pay-ment and the actual fees involved may compliçate the cntirc treatment …

In recent years, social workers have begun to explore the use of ethical theory to analyze
ethical issues in practice. This article provides an overview of traditional schools of thought …

Despite the organizational context of social work practice, both traditionally and currently,
little attention has been given to the ethics of organizations. This is not surprising, since …

The fee has been a topic of interest to psychodynamically oriented clinical theorists from the
inception of psychoanalysis. It is well known by now that the capacity to form a working …

The financial aspect of psychotherapy is a sensitive, complex, and often problematic area for
psychotherapists and patients alike. Freud (1913) viewed the payment of the fee not merely …

Conflicts of interest are inevitable in the practice of social work, and, as a result, the social
worker is constantly forced to make difficult choices. The author proposes that it is the social …