The ethics of professional practice
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The ethics of professional practice
Allyn and Bacon, c2001
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 197-205) and index
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Description
This text addresses ethical issues and principles in human services professions including social work, counseling, psychology, and marriage and family therapy.
All of these professions must be sensitive to ethical standards and dilemmas, particularly given the increase in litigation surrounding ethical issues. This text leads the reader through a personal journey of discovery, assessment, and clarification of values and ethics. The focus of the text is to help the reader to assimilate ethical principles, thus becoming an ethical practitioner.
The text reflects the ethical codes of the National Association of Social Workers (NASW), the American Association of Marriage and Family Therapy (AAMFT), the American Counseling Association (ACA), and the American Psychological Association (APA).
Sound pedagogy includes learning objectives, cases, and guided exercises, all intended to raise the reader's self-awareness of issues of values, ethics, and professional standards.
Table of Contents
Preface.
Acknowledgments.
I.HELPING: THE ROLE AND INFLUENCE OF THE HELPER.
1.An Introduction to the Formal Process of Helping.
The Helping Process: A Blending of Art and Science.
The Helping Process: The Meeting of Client and Helper.
The Role of the Client in the Process of Change.
The Role of the Helper in the Process of Change.
2.Helper Variables: What the Helper Brings to the Helping Relationship.
Helper Values.
Helper Orientation: A Theoretical Agenda for Helping.
Helper Competencies: Issues of Knowledge and Skill.
Helper Sensitivity to Diversity and Culture.
The Ethics of Therapeutic Choice.
Professionalization, Professional Ethic, and Personal Response.
II.ETHICS AND STANDARDS OF PRACTICE: THE PROFESSION'S RESPONSE.
3.Ethical Standards: Guidelines for Helping Others.
Formal Ethical Standards: The Evolution of a Profession.
Across the Professions: A Review of Ethical Standards of Practice.
Common Concerns and Shared Values Across the Professions.
From Professional Behavior to Personal Being.
4.Ethics and the Law.
The Helping Process as a Legal Contract.
The Legal Foundation of Ethical Practice.
Ethical Does Not Always Equal Legal.
When Ethics and Legalities Collide.
III. THE NATURE OF THE HELPING RELATIONSHIP.
5.Ethical Conflicts: The System and the Interests of Others.
Serving the Individual within a System.
Ethical Culture of Social Systems.
Who Is the Client?
When There Are Multiple Masters.
Beyond Professional Standards: A Personal Moral Response.
6.Informed Consent.
The Rationale for Informed Consent.
Informed Consent Across the Profession.
Special Challenges to Informing for Consent.
Beyond Professional Standards: A Personal Moral Response.
7.Confidentiality.
Confidentiality-What and When Warranted?
Confidentiality Across the Professions.
Limits and Special Challenges to Confidentiality.
Recent Legal Decisions-Confidentiality and Privilege Communications.
Beyond Professional Standards: A Personal Moral Response.
8.Boundaries and the Ethical Use of Power.
Setting and Maintaining Professional Boundaries.
Professional Objectivity: Essential to Professional Boundaries.
Dual Relationship: rossing and/or Mixing Boundaries.
Sexual Intimacy: A Clear Violation of Professional Boundaries.
Recent Legal Decisions.
Beyond Professional Standards: A Personal Moral Response.
IV.THE PROCESS OF HELPING.
9.Efficacy of Treatment.
Practicing Within the Realm of Competence.
Professional Development: Knowing the State of the Profession.
The Standard of Care: An Appropriate Treatment.
Employing an Action Research Approach to Practice.
The Use of Referral.
Recent Legal Decisions.
Beyond Professional Standards: A Personal Moral Response.
10.Evaluation and Accountability.
Monitoring and Evaluating Intervention Effects.
Setting Treatment Goals and Objectives.
Record Keeping.
Recent Legal Decisions.
Beyond Professional Standards: A Personal Moral Response.
Epilogue.
Appendices.
Appendix A. Professional Organizations.
Appendix B. Codes of Ethics and Standards of Professional Practice.
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