Evidence-Based Practice in Social Work: Development of a New Professional Culture

By Haluk Soydan and Lawrence A. Palinkas

Book Overview

The role of evidence-based practice is one of most central and controversial issues in social work today. This concise text introduces key concepts and processes of evidence-based practice whilst engaging with contemporary debates about its relevance and practicality.

Evidence-based Practice in Social Work provides both an argument for the importance of evidence-based practice in social work and fresh perspectives on its controversies and organizational prerequisites. It gives an accessible overview of:

Why evidence-based practice is relevant to social work. The challenges that the realities of social work practice present to models of evidence-based practice. Concepts of evidence-based practice as a process and professional culture. The role and nature of evidence. How evidence-based practice can be implemented and the importance of the organisational context. The globalization of evidence-based practice, including issues of cultural diversity and adaptability of evidence-based interventions. Controversies and criticism of evidence-based practice.

Written by internationally well-respected experts, this text is an important read for all those with an interest in the area, from social work students to academics and researchers.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0415657342
• ISBN13: 9780415657341
• Release Date: August 2014
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 168 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.1" x 9.2"