Which is a more accurate statement of how social workers with conservative politics view their professional role as practitioners?
a. Social workers are pawns in a social welfare industry whose main aim is to control the poor and powerless and to keep them from causing trouble.
b. A social worker's main function is helping individuals and families resolve their own difficulties.
c. Social workers should attend to both individual and institutional change.
d. A social worker should join clients in working for meaningful change in the system.
b. A social worker's main function is helping individuals and families resolve their own difficulties.
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