Citation

Conn L, McVicker H. Practice 2000; 12(2): 21-32.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2000, Informa - Taylor and Francis Group)

DOI

10.1080/09503150008415181

PMID

unavailable

Abstract

This article examines the key findings and recommendations of the SSI Investigation report in to the death of Mr Frederick Joseph McLernon, an eighty-one year old man who committed suicide when refused admission to nursing home care. It serves to 'contextualise' the report's findings by considering the impact of the wider policy and organisational environment on social work practice and the tensions which exist for social workers undertaking care management roles in attempting to balance managerial expectations, user needs and the values and ideologies of the social work profession. © 2000, Taylor & Francis Group, LLC.

Language: en