TY - JOUR
T1 - Towards a revised definition of client collaboration
T2 - The knowledge-power-politics triad
AU - Levin, Lia
PY - 2012/6
Y1 - 2012/6
N2 - Client collaboration has long since been a core principle in social work practice. Despite its wide reference in the profession's practical and theoretical discourse, no single, clearly delineated definition of it can be found in the literature. This article presents a proposed framework for defining and assessing client collaboration, which rests upon three key concepts - sharing of knowledge, sharing of power, and political context.
AB - Client collaboration has long since been a core principle in social work practice. Despite its wide reference in the profession's practical and theoretical discourse, no single, clearly delineated definition of it can be found in the literature. This article presents a proposed framework for defining and assessing client collaboration, which rests upon three key concepts - sharing of knowledge, sharing of power, and political context.
KW - client collaboration
KW - knowledge
KW - power theories
KW - social work
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84861567947&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1080/02650533.2010.545121
DO - 10.1080/02650533.2010.545121
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AN - SCOPUS:84861567947
SN - 0265-0533
VL - 26
SP - 181
EP - 195
JO - Journal of Social Work Practice
JF - Journal of Social Work Practice
IS - 2
ER -