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Morals, rights and practice in the human services : effective and fair decision-making in health, social care and criminal justice / Marie Connolly and Tony Ward.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Connolly, Marie.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Human rights.
- Social service--Sociological aspects.
- Social service.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (204 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- London ; Philadelphia : Jessica Kingsley, 2008.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- People respond passionately to issues of human rights, partly because they frame our expectations of fair treatment, equity and justice. Increasingly, work within the human services is influenced by rights-based discourses. Knowledge about the nature and scope of human rights and their attendant moral assumptions are essential theoretical resources for human service workers faced with the ethical complexities of daily practice. Morals, Rights and Practice in the Human Services provides a synthesis of human rights theory and human services practice and offers a rights-based model to aid profess
- Contents:
- front cover; Morals, Rights and Practice in the Human Services: Effective and Fair Decision-Making in Health, Social Care and Criminal Justice; Contents; PREFACE; Part One: Exploring the Territory; Chapter 1: Understanding Human Rights; Chapter 2: Human Rights and Culture; Chapter 3; Values, Rights and the State; Part Two: Navigating Rights and Practice; Chapter 4: Navigating Rights across the Life Course; Chapter 5: Losing Rights: Offenders on the Margins; Chapter 6: Claiming Rights: Disability and Human Rights; Chapter 7: Contesting Rights: Cultural Values and Children's Rights
- Chapter 8: Respecting Rights: Service-user Rights in Child WelfarePart Three: Integrating Rights-based Ideas; Chapter 9: Rights-based Values in Practice Frameworks; Chapter 10: Embedding Rights-based Ideas; Concluding Thoughts; REFERENCES; SUBJECT INDEX; AUTHOR INDEX; back cover;
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
- ISBN:
- 9786611143220
- 9781281143228
- 1281143227
- 9781846427169
- 1846427169
- OCLC:
- 265101487
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