Preface. Part I: Lay of the Land.
l The Need for Critical Thinking in Clinical Practice.
2 Sources of Influence on Decisions That Clinicians Make.
3 Reasons and Reasoning: The Heart of Making Decisions.
4 Different Views of Knowledge and How to Get It: Exploring Your
Personal Epistemology.
Part II: Common Sources of Error.
5 The Influence of Language and Persuasion Strategies.
6 Formal and Informal Fallacies: Mistakes in Thinking and How to
Avoid Them.
7 Classification, Pseudoauthority, and Focusing on Pathology.
Part III: Decision Aids.
8 Content and Procedural Knowledge.
9 Taking Advantage of Research on Judgment, Problem Solving, and
Decision Making.
10 Evidence-Based Practice: A Philosophy and Process for Thinking
Ethically and Critically about Decisions.
11 Posing Questions and Searching for Answers.
12 Critical Appraisal of Practice-Related Research: The Need for
Skepticism.
Part IV: Applying Critical Thinking Skills to Clinical
Decisions.
13 Making Decisions About Data Collection.
14 Discovering Causes of Clients’ Problems: Common Biases.
15 Predictions about Clients and Treatment Effectiveness: Improving
the Odds.
16 Enhancing the Quality of Case Conferences, Team Meetings, and
Organizational Culture.
Part V: The Future.
17 Overcoming Personal Obstacles to Critical Thinking.
18 Maintaining Critical Thinking Skills.
References.
Author Index.
Subject Index.
About the Author.
Eileen Gambrill, PHD, is Hutto Patterson Professor of Child and
Family Studies in the School of Social Welfare at the University of
California, Berkeley. She received her BA degree from the
University of Pennsylvania, her MSW degree from Bryn Mawr School of
Social Work and Social research, and her PhD degree from the
University of Michigan in Social Work and Psychology. She has been
a visiting scholar at the University of Oxford and Tel Aviv
Universities and received a Benjamin Meeker Fellowship from the
University of Bristol in 1999. She has won two Pro Humanitate
Awards from the North American Resource Center for Child Welfare,
one in 2001 and another in 2004. Her areas of interest include
professional decision making, ethics, and the integration of
research and practice in the helping professions. Books include
Social Work practice: A Critical Thinker's Guide (2nd ed.;2006),
Critical Thinking For Social Workers Exercises for the Helping
Professions (2nded.; with Len Gibbs, 1999), and Controversial
Issues in Social Work, Ethics, Values and Professions (with Robert
Pruger, 1997).
Gambrill served as Editor-in-Chief of Social Work Research and
Abstracts 1984-1988 and as Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Social
Work Education, 2000-2003, and currently is on the editorial boards
of many journals. She was elected by Division 25 members to serve
on the Council of Representatives of the American Psychological
Association 2003-2005 and elected to the Board of Directors of the
Council on Social Work Education 2000-2002. She is a licensed
psychologist in the state of California.
"…she has produced an ambitious and impressively comprehensive book
that belongs in the library of every clinician and in the backpack
of every graduate student." (PsycCRITIQUES, 6/14/2006)
"…she has produced an ambitious and impressively comprehensive book
that belongs in the library of every clinician and in the backpack
of every graduate student." (PsycCRITIQUES, 6/14/2006)
"…she has produced an ambitious and impressively comprehensive book
that belongs in the library of every clinician and in the backpack
of every graduate student." (PsycCRITIQUES, 6/14/2006)
"…she has produced an ambitious and impressively comprehensive book
that belongs in the library of every clinician and in the backpack
of every graduate student." (PsycCRITIQUES, 6/14/2006)
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