Clinical social workers connect in supervision, managerial change, directing programs, and community education. They also join with other social workers and their clients in social action (Swenson, 1998). Clinical social work should not be associate with practice based on a medical model, a focus on pathology, "blaming the victim," or social conservatism. Clinical social workers can consider what a social justice viewpoint means and how it can be ratify in clinical contexts. They can think about work with individuals, families, and groups from a social justice viewpoint. They can give leadership in assessing theories, practices, and service ...