Kirsi Gunther

Kirsi Gunther is a Professor of Social Work at the University of Turku, affiliated with the Department of Social Work. Her research focuses on documentation practices in healthcare, gerontology, and ethical care practices. She has authored/co-authored multiple peer-reviewed articles in Finnish academic journals like Janus and Gerontologia.

Her recent work examines topics such as documentation significance in substance use rehabilitation, proactive elderly care agreements, and multimodal communication in client-worker interactions. She contributes to social work methodology and policy analysis, particularly in aging services and quality standards evaluation.

No scientific awards or grants were explicitly mentioned in the provided text. No advisee students were listed. Current research activities include collaborative projects on social participation among long-term unemployed individuals and visibility of elderly care systems in societal discourse.