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9780521720243

Duty of Care in the Human Services: Mishaps, Misdeeds and the Law

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  • ISBN13:

    9780521720243

  • ISBN10:

    0521720249

  • Edition: 1st
  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 2009-11-16
  • Publisher: Cambridge University Press

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Summary

The human services are established to support the most vulnerable and marginalised people in our society. Yet media and other reports frequently highlight a disturbing picture of industry failures, malpractice and abuse. This book addresses the response of legal and quasi-legal bodies to human service failures. It outlines those areas of law which are most likely to be activated by human service shortcomings, and those aspects of direct human service delivery which are most likely to attract legal attention. Essential reading for those studying or working in human services and social work, this book is designed to alert people to the legal risks arising as a result of inadequate human service delivery.

Author Biography

Rosemary Kennedy is Senior Lecturer in the School of Psychology, Social Work and Social Policy, University of South Australia.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgementsp. ix
Author's notep. xi
Positioning and mapping the territory of human service mishaps and misdeeds
The shadow worldp. 3
Ideals, actors and actionsp. 22
Mishaps and misdeeds through a law lens
Public law of general applicationp. 49
Public law of particular relevance to the human servicesp. 68
Private law and suitsp. 87
Private law - negligencep. 104
Private law - other torts and civil actionsp. 125
Legal processes, quasi and indirect legal scrutinyp. 140
Mishaps and misdeeds through a human services lens
Service delivery - screening, assessment and planningp. 165
Service delivery - implementation and closurep. 185
Information and records managementp. 208
Relationships, rifts and reactionsp. 234
Mishaps and misdeeds through a unified lens
The consequences lotteryp. 249
Codap. 267
Appendix: Finding the law and casesp. 275
Referencesp. 278
Indexp. 305
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