The patient was transported from home by her daughter-n-law. According to patient daughter-n-law she has been complaining of pains in her right leg approximately one day. Family administered daily pain medications that did not help the condition of her persisting pain. After pain persisted daughter in law later brought the patient in to the emergency room for examination.…
There are a multitude of factors that a therapist must consider during the initial consultation. I will describe the actual mechanics of the consultation, the ethical considerations facing the therapist and the particular challenges of the actual consultation itself.…
APTA Core Ethics and the RIPS Model The APTA Code of Ethics and Standards for Practice has been my moral compass and my premise in having a sound practice of physical therapy. I am no stranger to the many changes that has occurred in healthcare throughout the 14 years of my practice here in the United States. The tasks of delivering patient care have become challenging and at times complicated by ethical dilemmas brought by either medical insurance, pressure from management, or time constraints. I have worked for companies and facilities who value their reimbursements more than the patient’s needs.…
set standards. To this end, we present a hypothetical case in which this therapist has been…
The purposes of this Code are threefold. First, it provides the broad principles and values to which coaches subscribe. These include confidentiality and the utmost concern for the welfare and success of the client. Secondly, it provides rules for coaches to use in many of the specific situations that a coach might encounter. Finally, this Code is meant to serve as a building block for the ethical and moral standards of coaches. While each individual coach agrees to follow this Code, they are encouraged to supplement and add to it in order to build a lifelong commitment to building an ethical workplace and profession.…
This duty applies to all individuals who have a responsibility to guide and teach those who are assigned to their care or seek their expertise. From a legal perspective, TR professionals must also be involved in continuing education programs in order to stay current in the provision of services. When approached with a situation that a person needs to be restrained, the professional must know how to address the situation without them or the other person being injured. Being able to safely restrain someone is another big issue among therapeutic recreation…
Confidentiality and ethical codes are legal issues that fumigate problems in clinical psychology. Confidentiality intersects the jurisdiction of legal and ethical consideration in the aspects of psychotherapy. A therapist must maintain professionalism at all times. The patient has a right to share his or her treatment with the psychotherapist and believe the information he or she converse will be keep in safe keeping. Therapists are legally responsible for withholding the client’s confidentiality. There are some exceptions to release this information such as homicide or suicide, sexual abuse, or imminent danger to self or others. Code of Ethics is a set of guidelines clinical psychiatrists have to follow within a therapeutic profession. The rules are set in a professional manner and its use is to protect the client and the professional therapist in psychotherapy. Psychiatrists have to maintain confidentiality concern when documenting clinical sessions. In any area, if the psychiatrist has to go to court, the plan of action must coincide with the treatment the psychiatrist diagnosed.…
The American Counseling Association, The International Association of Marriage and Family Counseling Association and The American Mental Health Counseling Association bring together the foundation of standards and guidance that unifies the counseling profession. This foundation is made up of the ethical standards which the mental health profession follows, enabling the safety of both counselors and clients. The codes allow the licensed counselor to be educated, to have accountability, and to provide ways to improve their personal practices (Herlihy & Corey, 2006). The codes…
Which NOHS Code of Ethics statement applies to the situation? Standard 18 Human service professionals describe the effectiveness of treatment programs, interventions and treatments, and/or techniques accurately, supported by data whenever possible.…
This paper will discuss some of the many aspects of ethics encountered in the mental health field. A mental health professional was selected to interview and provided information to this student on this topic. The areas of ethics discussed during this interview included clinical ethics in the daily life of a working therapist, boundaries, therapeutic relationship, safety concerns, mandated reporting, informed consent, confidentiality and therapist self-care. This paper will describe and summarize the interview, including my reaction to the interview, my inner dialogue, what I learned in the interview process and how my expectations regarding ethical practice have been influenced or changed by the interview process.…
Kocet, M. (2004, March). ACA Code of Ethics revision in progress: Counselors encouraged to participate in process. Couseling Today, 7.…
Do therapists bear the duty to use reasonable care in order to warn a third party of foreseeable danger? The majority opinion in the Tarasoff case is more ethically sound.…
The second section which caught my eye was Section 2620 of the Business and Professions (B&P) Code. Essentially this section states the extent of how much advice a licensed physical therapist in California can provide through the Internet or telephone. Again, I will simply list a few topics from the list. A physical therapist can instruct a person how to obtain physical therapy care in the State of California, can cite a possible range of treatment available, and offer wellness…
A generic framework can be applied in diverse practice contexts. The following eight action points guide the Occupational Therapy process, enter/initiate, set the stage, assess/evaluate, agree on objectives and plans, implement plan, monitor/modify, evaluate/outcome and conclude and exit (Townsend & Polatajko, 2007). The CPPF guides ones practice and would assist the Occupational Therapist to ensure relevant legislation, code of ethics, and essential standards of practice are met with ease (Townsend & Polatakjo, 2007).…
ETHICAL MASSAGE Ethical Massage Being a licensed massage therapist for the past eight years in the State of Florida, I have been required to take an ethics course every two years in order to maintain and renew my therapeutic massage and bodywork license. We are required to take continuing education courses which earn us CEs, totally 24 every two years in order to successfully renew our licenses. So, having taken an ethics course several times since my licensure, I am very familiar with the ethical issues that massage therapists and their clients face, along with the Code of Ethics in which massage therapists strive to follow. While there are several ethical issues that massage therapists face in practice, including patient rights, billing and coding, conflicts of…