Kennedy, Rosemary

Integrating human service law, ethics and practice / Rosemary Kennedy, Jenny Richards, Tania Leiman - 4th ed. - South Melbourne, Victoria : Oxford University Press, c2016. - viii, 342 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.

Other Titles: Integrating human service law & practice.

Introduction --
Law and the human services : together and apart --
Law, ethics, and other factors in decision making --
Professional, business, and employment matters --
Managing information --
Courts, tribunals, and the human services --
Getting it wrong --
Crimes and victims --
Families and children --
Housing and finance --
Diversity and vulnerability --
Back to the beginning while facing the future.

This book interprets the law for human service students to prepare them for practice. The text fully integrates law and ethics throughout, to provide a thorough knowledge of the Australian legal landscape and an understanding of human service ethics. Kennedy is an Australian psychologist. Richards & Leiman are from Flinders University, Australia.

9780190302726


Law --Australia
Social legislation --Australia
Public welfare--Australia--Law and legislation
Social workers--Australia--Handbooks, manuals, etc.
Social workers--Australia--Legal status, laws, etc.

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