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News Items – August 18, 2022

Social Workers Speak

Similar concerns are being raised by social workers, many of whom believe a prohibition on advising women about abortion services conflicts with their code of ethics that requires them to respect a client’s wishes, said Steven Pharris, head of Oklahoma’s chapter of the National Association of Social Workers. Associated Press.

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News Items – March 3, 2022

Social Workers Speak

While social workers and police officers responding together to calls has become popular in the past few years , the practice has been going on since the 1920s, said Barry Goetz, a sociology professor at Western Michigan University. “I I think it’s a good idea that there’s an attempt to kind of formalize it once again,” Goetz said.

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All You Need to Know About the Tuskegee Syphilis Study

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In March 1973, the panel also advised the Secretary of the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare (HEW) (now known as the Department of Health and Human Services) to instruct the USPHS to provide all necessary medical care for the survivors of the study. What influence has Tuskegee study had on the conduct of clinical trials?