COVID-19 and the calls of humanistic social work: exploring the developmental-clinical social work concerns of the pandemic
Any health outbreak is beyond the biomedical approach. The COVID-19 pandemic exposes a calamitous need to address social inequalities prevalent in the global health community. Au fait with this, the impetus of this article is to explore the calls of humanistic social work in the face of the pandemic...
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| description | Any health outbreak is beyond the biomedical approach. The COVID-19 pandemic exposes a calamitous need to address social inequalities prevalent in the global health community. Au fait with this, the impetus of this article is to explore the calls of humanistic social work in the face of the pandemic. It calls for the pursuit of social justice during the pandemic and after. It also calls for a holistic service provision, technological innovation and stewardship. Wrapping up, it challenges the global community to rethink their priorities – egotism or altruism. It emphasizes the ultimate way forward of addressing the social inequalities. |
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| spelling | ir-11408-46812022-06-27T13:49:06Z COVID-19 and the calls of humanistic social work: exploring the developmental-clinical social work concerns of the pandemic Chigangaidze, Robert K. COVID-19 Developmental-clinical social work, Humanistic social work Social determinants of health Social justice Any health outbreak is beyond the biomedical approach. The COVID-19 pandemic exposes a calamitous need to address social inequalities prevalent in the global health community. Au fait with this, the impetus of this article is to explore the calls of humanistic social work in the face of the pandemic. It calls for the pursuit of social justice during the pandemic and after. It also calls for a holistic service provision, technological innovation and stewardship. Wrapping up, it challenges the global community to rethink their priorities – egotism or altruism. It emphasizes the ultimate way forward of addressing the social inequalities. 2022-03-11T11:49:20Z 2022-03-11T11:49:20Z 2021 Article 0020-8728 1461-7234 https://doi.org/10.1177/00208728211007911 http://hdl.handle.net/11408/4681 en International Social Work;Vol. 64; No. 5: p. 663-675 open SAGE Publications |
| spellingShingle | COVID-19 Developmental-clinical social work, Humanistic social work Social determinants of health Social justice Chigangaidze, Robert K. COVID-19 and the calls of humanistic social work: exploring the developmental-clinical social work concerns of the pandemic |
| title | COVID-19 and the calls of humanistic social work: exploring the developmental-clinical social work concerns of the pandemic |
| title_full | COVID-19 and the calls of humanistic social work: exploring the developmental-clinical social work concerns of the pandemic |
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| title_short | COVID-19 and the calls of humanistic social work: exploring the developmental-clinical social work concerns of the pandemic |
| title_sort | covid-19 and the calls of humanistic social work: exploring the developmental-clinical social work concerns of the pandemic |
| topic | COVID-19 Developmental-clinical social work, Humanistic social work Social determinants of health Social justice |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1177/00208728211007911 http://hdl.handle.net/11408/4681 |
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