This article explores the tensions and contradictions between feminist values
and ideology and the values and realities of direct practice. It presents a series
of personal and professional dilemmas that emerge when social workers
attempt to implement their feminist values in a practice arena. The author
calls on the profession and on individual practitioners to engage in self-examination and dialogue to deepen understanding, resolve conflicts, and
serve clients better.
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Abramovitz, M. (1988). Regulating the lives of women: Social welfare policy from colonial times to the present. Boston: South End Press.
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Ghali, S.B. (1977). Cultural sensitivity and the Puerto Rican client . Social Casework, 58, 451-458.
