Self-Determination: Historical Perspectives and Effects on Current Practice

Abstract

Social workers strive in their practice to balance responsibility to the community or an agency and responsibility to the self-determination of the client. The application of the principle of self-determination during various historical periods is examined. The historical context and practice implications of self-determination are examined as a conceptual framework f or social work intervention. Social workers must confront the basic contradiction in their roles as client advocate and as intermediate agent of a society in which clients are disenfranchised. Social workers are encouraged to apply the concept of self-determination to empower both clients and the social work profession.

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