Developing practice guidelines for social work intervention: issues, methods, and research agenda

This text bridges the gap between social work knowledge and empirically based practice.

Although there is a significant need for the use of empirically tested and verified knowledge in social work practice, the empirical basis of support is nearly absent from practitioners' consideration as they make clinical decisions in routine practice.

The authors advocate the development of readily available, accessible and professionally sanctioned practice guidelines, a necessity in an age of managed care and increased demand for accountability, effectiveness and efficiency in practice.

This book features a discussion of racial and ethnic differences in relation to practice guidelines and the relationship between practice guidelines and aspects of service delivery.