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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.