Social Work Field: Lenette Case Study

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attention has been given to the story-generating process to create their own stories.
Conclusion and Future Issues
In social work field, Lenette (2013) discussed the benefit of DST for supports to women from refugee background in Australia and argues that the self-representation through DST has a potential to produce counter-narratives, both at the individual and broader community levels. She also discussed ethical concerns and limitations to the use of DST. Practitioners need to carefully consider the full realm of implications in terms of privacy and respectful use of recorded narratives. As Lenette pointed out ethical concern, other studies in Japan in the case of social minority issues such as migrants or people with disability showed

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