Maria Lúcia Teixeira Garcia
Social work practice following the COVID-19 pandemic: reflections from Brazil, India and Scotland.
Garcia, Maria Lúcia Teixeira; Spolander, Gary; Leal, Fabiola; Adaikalam, Francis; Gibson, Neil
Authors
Professor Gary Spolander g.spolander@rgu.ac.uk
Professor of Social Work
Fabiola Leal
Francis Adaikalam
Neil Gibson
Abstract
COVID-19 impacted globally, on individual health, care systems and social reproduction. Excessive death, lockdowns and social policy change had immediate and long-term national and global implications. Attention has been given to the immediate consequences, including its disproportionate impact on parts of society such as older people, "black" and "ethnic minorities", and migrants. This raises questions for social work about wider enduring lessons including social inequality and globalisation. Reflecting across three countries, we encourage debate on future professional lessons, recognising constraints the pandemic has imposed and the dilemma of relying on historical precedents, of which we now find we have none.
Citation
GARCIA, M.L.T., SPOLANDER, G., LEAL, F., ADAIKALAM, F. and GIBSON, N. [2025]. Social work practice following the COVID-19 pandemic: reflections from Brazil, India and Scotland. International social work [online], Online First. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1177/00208728241313034
Journal Article Type | Article |
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Acceptance Date | May 5, 2025 |
Online Publication Date | May 5, 2025 |
Deposit Date | May 8, 2025 |
Publicly Available Date | May 8, 2025 |
Journal | International social work |
Print ISSN | 0020-8728 |
Electronic ISSN | 1461-7234 |
Publisher | SAGE Publications |
Peer Reviewed | Peer Reviewed |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.1177/00208728241313034 |
Keywords | COVID-19; Inequality; International social work; Professional lessons; Public health; Reflective practice |
Public URL | https://rgu-repository.worktribe.com/output/2830116 |
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