Abstracts
Abstract
COVID -19 has upended the known world and the profession of social work has been on the frontlines responding to the human suffering. A global research study was conducted to survey the ethical challenges faced by social workers during the pandemic. This paper explores one theme from the Canadian data, namely the ethical implications for social workers arising from the greater risks, hardships, and inequities for those most marginalized in our society. Two populations of service users will be utilized as examples of the ethical dimensions of the problem: the elderly and those who are Indigenous.
Keywords:
- ethics,
- COVID-19,
- social work,
- inequity,
- elderly,
- Indigenous
Résumé
La COVID-19 a bouleversé le monde tel que nous le connaissons et la profession du travail social s’est trouvée aux premières lignes en réponse à cette souffrance humaine. Une étude mondiale a été menée dans le but d’étudier les défis éthiques auxquels sont confrontés les travailleuses sociales et les travailleurs sociaux pendant la pandémie. Le présent article explore un thème issu des données canadiennes, soit les implications éthiques pour les travailleuses sociales et les travailleurs sociaux liées aux risques, difficultés et inégalités accrus pour les personnes les plus marginalisées de notre société. Deux groupes de personnes utilisatrices de services seront utilisés comme exemples des dimensions éthiques du problème : les personnes âgées et les Autochtones.
Mots-clés :
- éthique,
- COVID-19,
- travail social,
- iniquité,
- personnes âgées,
- Autochtones
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