Prudent Practice

Prudent Practice

A Guide for Managing Malpractice Risk

Mary Kay Houston-Vega and Elane M. Nuehring with Elisabeth R. Daguio

ISBN: 0-87101-267-7. 1996. 332 pages. $45.99.
Item #2677: Book with Word for Windows disk.
Item #2677A: Book with Macintosh disk.


About the Authors

Mary Kay Houston-Vega, PhD, ACSW, MSW, LCSW, is associate professor at the School of Social Work, Barry University, Miami Shores, FL. An experienced practitioner as well as educator, Dr. Houston-Vega has published and presented frequently about social work malpractice risks, crisis intervention, suicide, violence, and HIV. She has coauthored a risk management paper with Elane M. Nuehring published in Managers' Choices: Compelling Issues in the New Decision Environment (1992) and coauthored with John Wood, "Suicide and Treatment of Persons Infected with HIV" in Community Mental Health and HIV (in press).

Book with Word for Windows disk

Book with Macintosh disk


Elane M. Nuehring,
PhD, MSSW, is professor at the School of Social Work, Barry University, Miami Shores, FL. Dr. Nuehring's background includes extensive social work consultation and scholarship in the areas of community mental health, homelessness, violence, and program evaluation.

Elisabeth R. Daguio, MBA, is membership benefits analyst for the National Association of Social Workers Insurance Trust, Washington, DC. Ms. Daguio has more than 15 years of experience in the marketing and administration of group insurance programs and, among other duties, has analyzed and compiled data from the Trust-sponsored social workers' professional liability program.

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