Legal Issues in Social Work Practice and Research, 1st ed. 2018

Among the topics covered:

The Social Worker-Client Relationship.-Confidentiality and Disclosure.- Licensing Issues.- Liability Issues for Social Workers in the Clinical Context: An Overview.- Legal Issues in Social Work Research.- The Social Worker and Forensic Social Work.- Working with Families.-School Social Work.-Social Work in the Context of Health Care.-Mental Health and Substance Abuse.- Abuse and Neglect Across the Lifespan.- Legal Issues Working with Immigrants, Refugees, and Asylees.- International Social Work​.

Dr. Sana Loue is a Professor in the Department of Bioethics and serves as the Vice Dean for Faculty Development and Diversity in the School of Medicine of Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio. She has secondary appointments in the Departments of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Psychiatry, and Global Health and at MSASS, the Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences. Dr. Loue holds graduate degrees in law (J.D.), epidemiology (Ph.D.), medical anthropology (Ph.D.), social work (M.S.S.A.), and secondary education (M.A.). She is also ordained as an interfaith minister. Dr. Loue’s primary research focus is on HIV risk and prevention and family violence in marginalized communities, such as non-English speakers, immigrants, sexual and ethnic/racial minorities, and persons with severe mental illness. Other research interests include forensic epidemiology, severe mental illness, and ethical issues in the conduct of research with vulnerable persons. She has authored over 70 peer-reviewed articles and 58 book chapters, and has authored and/or edited 27 books.