Medicalization of Social Workers in Mental Health Services in Hong Kong
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 10898935 |
|---|---|
| Authors | KS Yip (Hong Kong Polytechnic University, corresponding author), K-s Yip |
| Year | 2004 |
| Volume | 34 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 413-435 |
| Publication date | 2004-03-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The British Journal of Social Work (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0045-3102 • E-ISSN: 1468-263X |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1093/bjsw/bch045 |
| OpenAlex | W1976986968 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 11 |
Medical dominance is a crucial problem in social work practice in mental health services. This paper is an examination of the response of social workers to medical dominance in mental health services in Hong Kong. To explore the process and the effects of medicalization of social workers, sixty-three social workers in various areas of mental health service settings were interviewed. Their reaction and daily performance in facing medical dominance were analysed and evaluated. The findings show that facing medical dominance was a common occurrence for social workers in various mental health services in Hong Kong. Conflict existed between the rationalization of medical knowledge by medical professionals, and social work rationalization of social work knowledge by social workers. The process of medicalization consisted of five stages: ignorance of medical dominance, confronting medical dominance, compromise with medical dominance, acceptance of medical dominance and internalization of medical dominance. The findings also show that medicalization was influenced by the organizational and team context.
Indigenization · Library science · Medicalization · Mental health · Political science · Psychiatry · Sociology · Family Caregiving in Mental Illness · Gender Studies · Healthcare innovation and challenges · Medicine · Psychology · Research in Social Sciences · Gerontology · Social Work
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| Citations per year | 0.79 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2012 - 2025 (14) |
| Highly cited | No |