By: The Modern Practitioner
We are seeing this in medical social work (vaccine hesitancy) and community organizing (climate denial). The traditional model says: Provide the data and support the client’s autonomy. The modern reality says: Data no longer changes minds. When a parent refuses life-saving insulin for a diabetic child because of conspiracy theories on Telegram, where does "respect for the client" end and "duty to protect" (or duty to society) begin? social work ethics in a changing society
The ethical question is this: