Introduction Increasingly, university ethics committees are being asked to consider social science research proposals that involve research encounters with young people without formal parental consent. In most cases, these are carefully argued, well thought-out proposals: the research involves contact with young people in circumstances where parental consent is regarded as inadvisable or unnece...

Palliative care (PC) involves total care for persons suffering from life-threatening illnesses and their families. Social work as a profession and an academic discipline is gaining momentum in India for the past few decades. A large number of professional social workers are working with individuals, families, and communities to provide PC in India. Authors have presented the current status of P...

A comprehensive five-year review of five social work journals and one family-focused interdisciplinary journal was conducted to examine the prevalence of recent research on fathers. Despite an increase in father-focused research over the past two decades, there continues to be a significant lack of research examining fathers relative to mothers, as well as research that includes fathers as part...

This issue marks the beginning of my second year as editor-in-chief of Health & Social Work, and I’ve been thinking a lot lately about “knowledge development,” as in how much I’ve been learning about this complex social work profession and how we develop knowledge for it. Publishing a professional journal requires expertise, commitment, and coordination among dozens of people. Consequently, I a...

Background: With the establishment of new technologies in the search for a cure for hemophilia, non-pharmacological treatments have had a more important role in increasing life expectancy, quality of life of children suffering from hemophilia disorders. The aim of the systematic review was a comprehensive understanding of Non-pharmacological treatment on Iranian childr...

Preparing the books to read every day is enjoyable for many people. However, there are still many people who also don't like reading. This is a problem. But, when you can support others to start reading, it will be better. One of the books that can be recommended for new readers is qualitative and mixed methods in social work knowledge development guest editorial report. This book is not kind o...

It is well known that the effects of climate change and especially environmental inequality are amplified for people who live in poverty or marginalised. Social workers internationally nationally therefore becoming duty-bound to engage with issue social work. This qualitative study used a descriptive design explore describe perceptions work educators importance relevance South Africa. Purposive...