Values of Human Services
“Informed Consents “
D. Slaughter
Abstract
This paper will review the purposes of informed consent and some factors to informed consent are the treatment setting, outline it’s ethical and legal foundations, and explore some of its limitations. It satisfies any unnecessary questions and provides an assurance to the patients and others that are skeptical or have been betrayed. This paper will cover ways that you can make sure all cultures and nationalities fully understand the purpose of informed consent. A benefit of clients understanding the consents is that sometimes that will help the client become active in the therapy and will be more willing in the overall process of the therapy itself. If the boundaries are set forth it is better for all party’s involved.
Informed consent is the client’s right to be informed about their therapy and to make the decision to participate in the therapy willingly. According to the NASW to understand and be precise in correctly executing informed consent you must furnish a service to the client in a professional relationship. A social worker should make sure that they are understandable to inform clients of the reasons of the services, the risks that may come along, and all the limits that may come along. Make sure that all of their clients have ample time to ask questions, and have those questions answered, that way both parties are fully aware of all intended purposes of the therapy. If for any reason a client is unable to understand due to a language barrier, the social worker should make sure that there is an interpreter or translator available. If a client lacks the ability to provide informed consent then the professional should protect the client’s best interest by getting permission from a third party, informing the client. The social worker should try to the best of their ability to enhance the client’s ability to give informed consent. If
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