Document Type
Article
Publication Date
6-2014
DOI
10.1086/676821
Abstract
The Social Service Review article, “A Historical Analysis of Evidence-Based Practice in Social Work: The Unfinished Journey toward an Empirically Grounded Profession,” by Nathanael J. Okpych and James L-H Yu, is the kind of article that makes you sit up and say, “That’s revisionist history!” “What new ideas!” “I wish I had written that!” “But that’s not what I know!” Such an ambivalent response suggests that it is a groundbreaking article or at least one that will stimulate discussion and reassessment of what we know. Constructivism suggests both that there are many legitimate worldviews and that it is worth knowing those multiple worldviews. In that spirit, I would like to acknowledge the intriguing brilliance of the article but also pose some questions and other views.
Recommended Citation
Fortune, Anne E., "How Quickly We Forget: Comments on “A Historical Analysis of Evidence-Based Practice in Social Work: The Unfinished Journey toward an Empirically Grounded Profession”" (2014). Social Welfare Faculty Scholarship. 1.
https://scholarsarchive.library.albany.edu/ssw_sw_scholar/1
Terms of Use
This article is made available under the Scholars Archive Terms of Use.
Comments
Publisher Acknowledgment
© 2014 by The University of Chicago.
Anne E. Fortune. "How Quickly We Forget: Comments on “A Historical Analysis of Evidence-Based Practice in Social Work: The Unfinished Journey toward an Empirically Grounded Profession”." Social Service Review 2014; 88(2), 217-233.
DOI: 10.1086/676821