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4 To Touch or Not to Touch? Exploring the Dilemmas and Ambiguities Associated with Touch in Social Work and Social Care SettingsPart II Ethical Tensions? Ambivalent Ethics and Adult Social Work; 5 Doing What's Best, but Best for Whom? Ethics and the Mental Health Social Worker; 6 Ethical Contradictions in Critiques of Psychiatry; 7 An Ethics Journey: Ethical Governance of Social Research with Vulnerable Adults and the Implications for Practice; Part III Contesting Modernisation; 8 Where Did We Go Wrong? An Analysis of Conflicts of Interest, Perverse Financial Incentives and NOMBism.

This paper discusses the 'caring' and 'controlling' aspects of social workers' roles and some ways in which role conflict and ambiguity are dealt with in client-social worker interaction. The ways in which individuals interpret each other's behaviour and reveal their motives and the meanings of their communications are considered and some studies of client-social worker relationships are reviewed. Practitioners' perspectives on social work are examined with reference to certain aspects of the relationship between probation officers and their clients. A study of the views of one hundred probationers and their officers is reported: it was found that a large number of probationers saw 'care' and 'control' as complementary. For probation officers the dual function was regarded as problematic: their ways of dealing with this role conflict and dissonance are described and discussed. The care and control debate is regarded as continuing and it is argued that attempting to separate these functions of social work is questionable both in principle and in practice because of possible failure of attempts to meet clients' needs and to protect their interests and those of other citizens. Further, in carrying out these functions it is suggested that social workers should continue to adopt and articulate a critical stance so that they can resist pressures to exercise control when this can be shown to be undesirable.

Applying asymmetry coeffi cients to investigate the "decent work" component in an index model of regional human development is proposed. Th e author presents the methodology for measuring asymmetry for aspects of human development and calculates asymmetry coeffi cients for the "decent work" aspect. Th e article analyzes the manifestations of asymmetry in leading regions and in regions with low subindex rate and gives the graphical representation of asymmetry concerning to the perfectly symmetric situation and the division of regions into groups according to the level of their asymmetry coeffi cients. Th e main characteristics that provoke asymmetry in the regions are identifi ed and the nature of their impact on human development is determined. Th e Matrix form presents the results of the division of regions by the level of decent work development and the degree of asymmetry of the component "decent work". Th is analysis shows that there is a signifi cant positive relationship between the asymmetry index and the subindex rates of the decent work aspect. At the same time, it is revealed that a low asymmetry is not always accompanied by positive achievements. Th e problems of regional peculiarities are actualized today in the context of human development studies. Th ere is a special interest in establishing the sub-index aspects of human development, in particular the decent work. From now on, there is a need for more detailed methodological approaches, as well as a better analysis of the situation, process and to fi nd out the disproportions in the labor markets of Ukrainian regions. Th e purpose of the article is to present results of measuring the asymmetry of decent work components in an index model of regional human development. Th e methods of research are the following: logical analysis, generalization and analogy, statistical data analysis, graphical method, economic and mathematical modeling. Th e methodological basis of the presented research is the modern studies of human development. Th e novelty of the paper is the implementation of the new research idea of using asymmetry coeffi cients to investigate the decent work component within an index model of regional human development.

When functioning in an organisation, conflicting interests of parties to the employment relationship collide: the employee's right to privacy and the employer's right to control the quality and manner of performing work. Traditional forms of employee monitoring, such as a breathalyser test or personal search, raise a lot of controversy. With the development of modern technologies, new forms of control emerge, such as monitoring, Internet access control, or even checking private employee accounts on social networking platforms. The problem of using them improperly arises. Such practices are controversial not only for ethical and legal reasons. Attempts to limit the freedom of employees and their strict control with the use of modern techniques may result in serious psychological consequences for the employees, such as low efficiency, mental discomfort, or reduced job satisfaction. That is why wisely-managed organisations restrain limiting freedom of employees by implementing excessive control in favour of appealing to their internal self-control.

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In clinical practice, modern medicine, especially intensive medicine, has made outstanding technological progress that has changed diagnostic and therapeutic paradigms. Nowadays, some patients for whom there were no treatments in the past not only survive but return to active life thanks to intensive medicine. However, in some cases intensive care will not help patients in a critical condition and merely prolong death. In such situations, the treatment is terminated or not extended, and the patient is allowed to die in dignity. In this specific situation all intensive procedures are terminated. Palliative care is the next stage. This is a sensitive issue that should be discussed with healthcare professionals and experts from other areas of life to ensure it is communicated appropriately to patients and their relatives.

The family is the target of interest for many scientific fields. The family is often defined as the basic social cell, irreplaceable and a fundamental element of every society. The purpose of this article is to attempt to place a family in three dimensions, in the aspect of three security pillars, as a security entity that is responsible for shaping and modelling a security culture. The aim of this article is to try to establish a family position in three dimensions, in the three pillars of security, as a security entity responsible for shaping and modelling a security culture. A culture of security is a continuous process in which the family as an entity acts in many fields and in many ways. This process is aimed at shaping the desired social attitudes, behaviors, norms and values and developing personality under the influence of many factors, events, experiences and beliefs. The article tries to confirm the thesis that the family is the foundation on which society is built and should be under special protection, with its security unconditionally belonging to the mainstream activities in every sphere of human life.

Social Policy Review 16 is an excellent source of information and opinion about core aspects of contemporary social policy for students and academics alike. It will also appeal to all those with an interest in 'welfare' in the widest sense of the term

Social Policy Review 16 is an excellent source of information and opinion about core aspects of contemporary social policy for students and academics alike. It will also appeal to all those with an interest in 'welfare' in the widest sense of the term.