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Boundary Issues in Social Work: Managing Dual Relationships
Abstract
Social work literature clearly demonstrates that ethical issues related to boundaries are among the most problematic and challenging. Boundary issues involve circumstances in which social workers encounter actual or potential conflicts between their professional duties and their social, sexual, religious, or business relationships. This article provides an overview of boundary issues in social work (circumstances involving dual and multiple relationships); presents a conceptually based typology of boundary issues in the profession; and provides guidelines to help social workers manage the boundary issues and risks that arise in practice.
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Metadata
- Authors
- Reamer, F. G.
- Affiliations
- Rhode Island College (US)
- Corresponding author
- Reamer, F. G.
- ORCID
- Reamer, F. G.
- Venue
- Social Work
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press (OUP)
- Published
- 2003-01-01
- Volume
- 48
- Issue
- 1
- Pages
- 121-133
- ISSN
- 0037-8046 (ISSN-L)
- 1545-6846
- OpenAlex
- W2108491399
- Cited by
- 139
- References
- 42
- Citations by year
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- FWCI
- 16.05
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Social Work (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Public Administration › Social Work Education and Practice
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Counseling Practices and Supervision
- Health Sciences › Health Professions › General Health Professions › Ethics in medical practice
- Keywords
- professional boundaries, dual relationships, multiple relationships, social work ethics, ethical dilemmas
- MeSH terms
- Conflict, Psychological, Ethics, Professional, Humans, Interpersonal Relations, Professional-Patient Relations, Social Values, Social Work, Codes of Ethics
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