Healthcare Ethics for Psychologists: A Casebook

by Hanson, Stephanie L.

• ISBN13: 9781591471523
• ISBN10: 1591471524
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2004-08-01
• Publisher: AMERICAN PSYCHOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION

Summary

Univ. of Florida., Gainesville. Explores the ethical questions commonly encountered most often by psychologists in healthcare settings. Covers issues of informed consent, confidentiality, the balance between patient and family rights, and more. Features a real-life view of ethical situations on a case-by-case basis.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	ix
Introduction: Values and the Practice of Psychology	3	(6)
Crisis and Emergency Care	9	(30)
Do the Rules Still Apply? Crisis Response to 9/11	10	(10)
Provider Conflicts in Managing Mild Traumatic Brain Injury	20	(8)
Professional Boundaries and the Unwanted Psychologist	28	(11)
Acute Care	39	(44)
Managing Documentation in the Medical Record: The Impact of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act Guidelines	40	(10)
Truth Telling: The Disclosure of Emotionally Difficult Information	50	(10)
Malingering and the Management of Chronic Pain	60	(9)
Overriding Treatment Refusals During Early Recovery From Catastrophic Injury	69	(14)
Inpatient Rehabilitation	83	(56)
Opportunities and Challenges in Using Nonstandardized Testing	84	(8)
The Overwhelmed Psychologist's Responsibility Toward Very Sick Patients	92	(8)
Using Placebos and Deception in Treatment	100	(9)
When the Team and Family Disagree: Incorporating Family Beliefs and Values Into Treatment	109	(8)
Accommodating Questionable Patient Preferences	117	(9)
Responding to Mixed Messages About Treatment Refusal (Continuation of the Fergus MacGonagle Series)	126	(13)
Outpatient Services	139	(42)
Managing a Patient's Risk-Taking Behavior	141	(11)
Resolving Requests for Third-Party Observers	152	(9)
Responding to Patients Working the System	161	(9)
Return to Work After Catastrophic Injury: Implications of the Americans With Disabilities Act (Conclusion of the Fergus) MacGonagle Series)	170	(11)
Subacute and Long-Term Care	181	(42)
Serving the Patient Who Is Totally Incapacitated	183	(10)
Difficult Behavior and the Perception of Incompetence	193	(11)
Assent in Decision Making and the Role of Same-Sex Partners	204	(8)
Quality of Life and the Right to Die	212	(11)
References	223	(12)
Author Index	235	(4)
Subject Index	239	(10)
About the Authors	249