Critical perspectives in social work, ethics, applications of feminist postmodernism to
social work.
Selected Publications:
Books
Practice and Research in Social Work: Postmodern Feminist Perspectives. With B.
Faucett, B. Featherstone, J. Fook (Eds.). Routledge, London. 2000.
Chapters in Books
with Isaac Prilleltensky and Richard Walsh-Bowers, "A Postmodern perspective in
Professional Ethics." Practice and Research in Social Work: Postmodern Feminist
Perspectives, edited by Barbara Fawcett, Brid Featherstone, Jan Fook, and Amy
Rossiter: London: Routledge, 2000, 83-103. First author: Rossiter.
"The Postmodern Feminist Condition: New Conditions for Social Work." Practice
and Research in Social Work: Postmodern Feminist Perspectives, edited by Barbara
Fawcett, Brid Featherstone, Jan Fook, and Amy Rossiter: London: Routledge, 2000, 24-38.
with Bluma Litner and Marilyn Taylor, "The Equitable Inclusion of Women in Higher
Education: Some Consequences for Teaching," Inside Canadian Universities: Another
Day at the Plant, edited by Randy Nelsen, Kingston: Cedarcreek, 1996. Reprinted from
Canadian Journal of Education.
"Finding Meaning for Social Work in Transitional Times: Reflections on Change," Reflective
Learning in Social Work Education: Research, Theory and Practice, edited by Nick Gould
and Imogen Taylor, London: Arena, 1996, 141-151.
Refereed Journal Articles
with Laura Sanchez, Isaac Prilleltensky and Richard Walsh-Bowers. "Applied Ethics in
Mental Health in Cuba, Part 1: Guiding Concepts and Values. Ethics and Behavior
(forthcoming). First author: Sanchez.
with Laura Sanchez, Isaac Prilleltensky and Richard Walsh-Bowers. "Applied Ethics in
Mental Health in Cuba, Part II: Power Differentials, Dilemmas, Resources and
Limitations." Ethics and Behaviour (forthcoming). First author: Sanchez.
with Richard Walsh-Bowers and Isaac Prilleltensky, "Ethics as a Located Story: A
Comparison of North American and Cuban Professional Ethics." Theory &
Psychology (forthcoming). First author: Rossiter.
"Innocence Lost and Suspicion Found: Do We Educate For or Against Social Work"? Critical
Social Work, 2001, 2(1).
"The Professional is Political: an Interpretation of the Problem of the Past in
Solution-Focused Therapy." American Journal of Orthopsychiatry, 2000, 70(1).
1-12.
with Isaac Prilleltensky and Richard Walsh- Bowers, "Clinicians Lived Experience of
Ethics." Journal of Educational and Psychological Consultation, 1999, 10(4),
315-342. First author: Prilleltensky.
"A View from a Different Location: Toward an Alternative Account of Feminist Practice
Ethics in Mental Health," Affilia, 1998, 13(1), 9-30.
"Critical Perspectives on Applied Ethics", Canadian Journal of Community
Mental Health, Vol. 17, No. 2, Fall 1998.
with Richard Walsh Bowers and Isaac Prilleltensky, "Learning from Broken Rules:
Individualism, Bureaucracy and Ethics," Ethics and Behavior, 6(4),
307-320. First author: Rossiter. 1996.
"Putting Order in Its Place: Disciplining Pedagogy," Curriculum Studies,
7(2), 23-41. 1996.
"Teaching Social Work Skills from a Critical Perspective," Canadian Social
Work Review, 12(1), 9-27. 1995.