What Does Social Work Have to Offer Evidence-based Practice

Datos Bibliográficos

ID12901992
AutoresC S Shdaimah (0000-0002-5142-2831, Schlumberger (Ireland), autor de correspondencia)
Año2009
Volumen3
Número1
Páginas18-31
Fecha de publicación2009-04-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessNo
TipoARTICLE
RevistaEthics and Social Welfare (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 1749-6535 • E-ISSN: 1749-6543
EditorialTaylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/17496530902818732
OpenAlexW2078070627
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas6
Referencias citadas38

Evidence-based practice (EBP) is a relatively recent incarnation in social work's long history of valuing evidence as a basis for practice. Few argue with the ethics and usefulness of grounding practice in empirically tested interventions. Critics of EBP instead focus on how it is defined and implemented. Critiques include what counts as evidence, who makes decisions regarding research agendas and processes, and the lack of attention to context. This essay reflects on such critiques and suggests that social work, as a profession that values human diversity, equality, and self-determination, is well situated to shed light on such debates about EBP. As a profession that supports a person-in-environment perspective, we must examine not only the theory but the practice of EPB in academic, institutional, and societal settings. It is also argued that, owing to our professional mission, it is not enough to acknowledge the risk of oppression and harm; we are obligated to take them seriously and include such potential for harm in our assessment of so-called best practices

Context (archaeology · Diversity (politics · Engineering ethics · Environmental ethics · Epistemology · Harm · Oppression · Perspective (graphical · Political science · Politics · Psychological intervention · Public relations · Situated · Sociology · Homelessness and Social Issues · Law · Mental Health and Patient Involvement · Psychology · Social Psychology · Social Work Education and Practice · Social Work