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Tech/Engineering - Social Science, Sociology, Ethics, etc. / Social Work | | Spanish term or phrase: autonomía de las personas usuarias | | This term talks about the people who receive the services of a social worker. I looked around a bit and in US terms they seem to consider them the "clients" of social workers. But I'm not satisfied with this translation. Does anybody have a better ideas? |
|  Carla Avenia KoencyKudoZ activityQuestions: 19 (none open) ( 1 without valid answers) Answers: 14
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| | client autonomy | Explanation:
Absolutely. Social workers have clients. That's the word that's used. (Psychiatrists have 'patients'!)
Protecting client autonomy: a grounded theory of the processes ...
The basic psychosocial process (core category) of protecting client autonomy reveals a pattern of moral reasoning that gives priority to the client's ...
hdl.handle.net/1959.13/29765
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Note added at 8 mins (2010-11-18 22:17:41 GMT)
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Social workers don't view patients as being "sick", so the term client came into use about 25 years ago. It's an important part of their training. (My housemate is a clinical social worker, and I have been a 'client' myself.)
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Note added at 10 mins (2010-11-18 22:19:46 GMT)
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Actually, the usage dates back much longer than 25 years. |
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Muriel Vasconcellos
United States
Local time: 22:30
| Grading comment Thanks for a wonderful explanation!
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer |
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6 mins confidence:  peer agreement (net): +7 client autonomy
Explanation:
Absolutely. Social workers have clients. That's the word that's used. (Psychiatrists have 'patients'!)
Protecting client autonomy: a grounded theory of the processes ...
The basic psychosocial process (core category) of protecting client autonomy reveals a pattern of moral reasoning that gives priority to the client's ...
hdl.handle.net/1959.13/29765
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Note added at 8 mins (2010-11-18 22:17:41 GMT)
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Social workers don't view patients as being "sick", so the term client came into use about 25 years ago. It's an important part of their training. (My housemate is a clinical social worker, and I have been a 'client' myself.)
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Note added at 10 mins (2010-11-18 22:19:46 GMT)
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Actually, the usage dates back much longer than 25 years.
| Muriel Vasconcellos
United States
Local time: 22:30
Specializes in field
Native speaker of:  English
PRO pts in category: 249
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| | Grading comment | Thanks for a wonderful explanation! |
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