Ethical challenges in gerontological social work in Finland during the Covid-19 pandemic
Ylinen, T., Ylinen, V., Kalliomaa-Puha, L., & Ylinen, S. (2022). Journal of Comparative Social Work.
Our study focused on identifying the ethical challenges employees of gerontological social work have faced during Covid-19 pandemic. The ethical guidelines, based on international ethical principles of social work (IFSW), play a key part in Finnish social work. Still, even in normal times social workers face situations in which they are forced to work against professional ethical principles. Covid-19 pandemic changed the working conditions of social work dramatically and employees of gerontological social work have been in the front line working with elderly, who are vulnerable to the virus but also to the social repercussions of the pandemic.
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