John walks past a fellow clinical social worker’s desk and overhears parts of a conversation. The
colleague is making demeaning comments about another professional to someone on the other end of a
phone line. Later, during lunch, John asks his colleague about the conversation. The colleague states he
was talking with a client. What ethical standard has been violated by the fellow social worker?
The incidence of child abuse has increased dramatically in the last 30 years. In 2009, more than 702,000
unique instances of child abuse were reported. Nearly 40% of these victims are in what age range?
Loss of mental functions such as thinking, reasoning, and memory can be associated with this disorder.
The symptoms are severe enough to interfere with daily functioning and normally affect the elderly
population. In some cases, it can be cured or treated. Untreatable causes include AIDS complex,
Parkinson’s, and Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease. What is being described?
One of the principles clinical social workers adhere to in the promotion of socialjustice is the advocacy for
basic human needs. Professionals pursue change on behalf of indMduals to expand opportunity and
choice. What group of people should be considered top priority?
When there is death of a loved one, basic assumptions about relationships and emotions begin to change.
This is a disruption of what principle of organization?