"Policy advocacy" aims to:
a. Change clients' attitudes.
b. Help clients from powerless groups obtain resources and opportunities.
c. Provide support to advocates.
d. Encourage clinicians to sponsor new policies.
B
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a. Informational session about healthy lifestyles b. Blood pressure screening c. Interventional cardiac catheterization d. Diagnostic cardiac catheterization
When releasing confidential information, you are obligated to ensure that your client understands:
a. His or her obligation as pertains to the release b. Procedural aspects of the release c. The aftermath of the release d. Consequences of the release
The human service professional in charge of housing services serves the whole person by
a. providing the client with housing b. providing housing although the client asked for counseling c. providing housing and noting client needs d. providing a referral to another agency
In the first session with a couple, the couple tells you that they are gay and recently one of the par enters has tested HIV positive. During therapy, it becomes clear that the infected partner is having difficulty expression his feelings and appears hostile and angry toward other partner. It is reported that the infected partner is also having difficulty performing everyday tasks. As a social work practitioner, your first step should be to:
A. Refer the couple to a gay therapist B. Help the infected partner deal with his expected loss of functioning. C. Help the couple deal with relationship issues, which may arise because of the illness. D. Consider your own feelings about treating homosexual before proceeding with therapy.