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Response: From Fish and Bicycles to a Science of Social Work
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Marsh, Jeanne Cay – Research on Social Work Practice, 2012
John Brekke challenges the field and profession of social work to define and develop the "science of social work". This response to Brekke's paper identifies the premises undergirding a discussion of the science of social work related to (1) a definition of "science";; (2 ) an organizing principle for social work; (3) a…
Descriptors: Semantics, Social Work, Pragmatics, Reflection
Practitioner Expertise in Evidence-Based Practice Decision Making
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McCracken, Stanley G.; Marsh, Jeanne C. – Research on Social Work Practice, 2008
Evidence-based practice (EBP) is an orientation to practice that values evidence as a resource for clinical decision making while recognizing that evidence alone is never sufficient to make a clinical decision. Critics of EBP typically ignore, negate, or misrepresent the role of practitioner thinking processes and expertise in clinical settings.…
Descriptors: Social Work, Evidence, Decision Making, Expertise