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Evidence-based practice (EBP) is the conscientious, explicit, and judicious use of current best evidence in making decisions about the care of clients. The authors describe and offer counterarguments to objections to EBP. These objections could result in premature dismissal of this new form of practice and education that offers potential benefits to social work and its clients. Objections to EBP fall into six categories: (a) arguments from ignorance about the nature of EBP, (b) misinterpreted professional standards, (c) arguments appealing to tradition, (d) ad hominem arguments, (e) arguments on ethical grounds, and (f) philosophical arguments. Reviewing objections to EBP may help us to increase our understanding of barriers to use of practice-related research findings in the helping professions and honoring related requirements described in our code of ethics.

Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Series Preface -- Introduction -- PART I ETHICAL OBLIGATIONS AND RELATED VALUES -- 1 'The Reality Principle: Realism as an Ethical Obligation', Ethics and Social Welfare, 1, pp. 269-81 -- 2 'What Social Workers Should Know About Ethics: Understanding and Resolving Practice Dilemmas', Advances in Social Work, 1, pp. 1-22 -- 3 'A Client-Focused Definition of Social Work Practice', Research on Social Work Practice, 13, pp. 310-23 -- 4 'Moral Foundations of Social Welfare and Social Work: A Historical View', Social Work, July-August, pp. 323-30 -- 5 'Responsibility and Excuses', in Banks McDowell, Ethics and Excuses: The Crisis in Professional Responsibility, Westport, CT: Quorum Books, pp. 13-25 -- 6 'The Evolution of Social Work Ethics', Social Work, 43, pp. 488-500 -- PART II RECURRENT CLASHES AND THEIR ETHICAL IMPLICATIONS -- 7 'Social Work and Social Reform: An Arena of Struggle', Social Work, 43, pp. 512-26 -- 8 'Mary Richmond and Jane Addams: From Moral Certainty to Rational Inquiry in Social Work Practice, Social Service Review, 60, pp. 504-25 -- 9 'Putting Humpty Together Again: Treatment of Mental Disorder and Pursuit of Justice as Parts of Social Work's Mission', In S.A. Kirk (ed.), Mental Disorders in the Social Environment: Critical Perspectives, New York: Columbia, pp. 293-309 -- PART III ETHICAL DILEMMAS OF BEING A DOUBLE AGENT -- 10 'The Professional as a Double-Agent', Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 11, pp. 178-84 -- 11 'Organizational Forms as Moral Practices: The Case of Welfare Departments', Social Service Review, 9, pp. 329-51 -- 12 'Power in Social Work Practice', Social Service Review, 61, pp. 469-83 -- PART IV ETHICAL ISSUES REGARDING THE ALLOCATION OF SCARCE RESOURCES