Affiliation:
1. Hutto Patterson Professor of Child and Family Studies, School of Social Welfare, University of California at Berkeley, Berkeley, California,
Abstract
The most concerning issue affecting the quality of practices and policies in the helping professions is the play of propaganda, which misleads us regarding what is a problem, how (or if) it can be detected, its causes, and how (or if) it can be remedied. Propaganda is defined as encouraging beliefs and actions with the least thought possible. Censorship is integral to propaganda including hiding well-argued alternatives and lack of evidence for claims. Evidence-based practice was developed in part because of misleading claims in the professional literature. If propaganda is an integral part of our society, we cannot escape its influence. But we can become aware of it, encouraged by ethical obligations to avoid harming in the name of helping.
Subject
General Psychology,Sociology and Political Science,Social Sciences (miscellaneous)
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