This book is for clinicians--clinicians who are willing to say "I don't know." Critical Thinking in Clinical Practice, Second Edition is designed to enhance readers' skills in making well-informed, ethical decisions.

The first textbook to emphasize the importance of critical thinking skills to practice, this third edition of the classic Social Work Practice retains its unique focus on thinking critically about decisions that social workers make daily.

Part I. Getting Oriented1.

An Instructor's Manual is available for adopters of the text, who request it on the letterhead of their institution.

For students in social work, nursing, counseling, and similar areas, this new edition of a unique textbook is a fun and mentally stimulating way to sharpen and maximize their innate decision-making skills and their abilities to apply an ...

The text is ideal for graduate as well as undergraduate courses in research and practice.

Thinking about decisions -- Origins, characteristics, and controversies regarding the process of evidence-based practice -- Evidence: sources, uses and controversies -- Steps in the process of evidence-based practice -- Critically ...

- Expose your students to the thoughts and opinions of many of today′s leaders in social work education, in essays specially written for this volume.

This book reveals how the cultivation of critical thinking skills can help clinicians make accurate decisions about their clients and thereby improve the quality of their services.

This incisive look at how propaganda has infiltrated the helping professions is essential reading for social workers, psychologists, and other helping professionals, and is an excellent supplement to courses on critical thinking and ...