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"Här finns ingen tid att förlora" : professionellas tankar kring gravida missbrukare

Jordy, Maria and Petersson, Charlotte (2005)
School of Social Work
Abstract
The purpose of this paper has been to examine the ways in which professionals describe their work with pregnant drug-addicts. The paper raises the following questions;

· How does the deviant behavior, that using drugs during pregnancy can be described as, affect the professionals in their work with pregnant drug-addicts?

· How do the professionals experience their own role, and the roles of other professionals?

· In what ways do they work in order to reach a favorable result with these clients?

The paper is based on qualitative material, gathered through 14 interviews with professionals. By using theories of deviant behavior and attachment-theory between a child and its mother, our intention was to analyze the empirical results.

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The purpose of this paper has been to examine the ways in which professionals describe their work with pregnant drug-addicts. The paper raises the following questions;

· How does the deviant behavior, that using drugs during pregnancy can be described as, affect the professionals in their work with pregnant drug-addicts?

· How do the professionals experience their own role, and the roles of other professionals?

· In what ways do they work in order to reach a favorable result with these clients?

The paper is based on qualitative material, gathered through 14 interviews with professionals. By using theories of deviant behavior and attachment-theory between a child and its mother, our intention was to analyze the empirical results.

From our interviews we have learned that the professionals consider some factors as more important than others for a favourable result in their work with pregnant drug-addicts. Such factors are for example the significance of a cooperation between different authorities and ethical awareness in meeting with the client. (Less)
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author
Jordy, Maria and Petersson, Charlotte
supervisor
organization
year
type
M2 - Bachelor Degree
subject
keywords
socialt arbete, gravida kvinnor, missbrukare, socialarbetare, Social problems and welfare, national insurance, Sociala problem, social välfärd, socialförsäkring
language
Swedish
id
1332066
date added to LUP
2005-06-28 00:00:00
date last changed
2005-06-28 00:00:00
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  abstract     = {{The purpose of this paper has been to examine the ways in which professionals describe their work with pregnant drug-addicts. The paper raises the following questions;

· How does the deviant behavior, that using drugs during pregnancy can be described as, affect the professionals in their work with pregnant drug-addicts?

· How do the professionals experience their own role, and the roles of other professionals?

· In what ways do they work in order to reach a favorable result with these clients?

The paper is based on qualitative material, gathered through 14 interviews with professionals. By using theories of deviant behavior and attachment-theory between a child and its mother, our intention was to analyze the empirical results.

From our interviews we have learned that the professionals consider some factors as more important than others for a favourable result in their work with pregnant drug-addicts. Such factors are for example the significance of a cooperation between different authorities and ethical awareness in meeting with the client.}},
  author       = {{Jordy, Maria and Petersson, Charlotte}},
  language     = {{swe}},
  note         = {{Student Paper}},
  title        = {{"Här finns ingen tid att förlora" : professionellas tankar kring gravida missbrukare}},
  year         = {{2005}},
}