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Client First: Advocating Human Rights of the Clients - A Study from Croatia

Social work profession is often faced with situations of human rights protection for needy and in this cases some ethical aspects could be challenging for social workes. The aim of this quantitative research was to examine the implementation of human rights standards in social work practice in Croatia in the context of advocating clients’ rights on health care and social services. The sample was consisted of 316 students of social work program and 173 social workers who work in social welfare system. In the research were used following questionnaires: Human Rights Engagement in Social Work, Human Rights Exposure in Social Work, Human Rights Lens in Social Work. For collecting data internet survey was used. Results will show some differences in perception of advocating clients’ needs and rights in social work practice from perspective of social workers and students. Some ethical aspects and current challenges in this context will be discussed.

human rights, ethics, social work, social workers, students

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