Self-Reflections on Self-Determination in Harm Reduction

• By: Eugene Aronowitz, PhD, LMSW Management Consultant
• April 1st, 2018
• addiction services, client autonomy, harm reduction, public health approach, risk reduction, self-determination, social work practice, treatment coercion
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When I was a social work student in the early 1960s, I assumed that it was imperative, even obligatory, that I respect the right of client self-determination, but I certainly didn’t know how to put self-determination into practice. I was placed at Henry Street Settlement and worked with two...