BookLaura Weiss Roberts, M.D., M.A., Gabriel Termuehlen, B.A..
Summary: "This new edition of Professionalism and Ethics: Q & A Self-Study Guide for Mental Health Professionals thoroughly updates the highly regarded and groundbreaking first edition, offering the contemporary reader clinical wisdom and ethical guidance for challenging times. As with its predecessor, the second edition features commentaries by leaders in psychiatric ethics, plus two foundational chapters on ethics and professionalism in the field of mental health. These commentaries and introductory chapters provide an overview of essential ethical principles and concepts, the professional obligations of the mental health clinician, common ethical tensions found in practice, ethical aspects of caring for special populations, and ethical issues in professional training and research. The introductory chapters are followed by case-oriented questions and answers on core concepts and topics in clinical care, medical research, and interactions with colleagues and trainees. Topics explored in-depth include authorship, disclosure, and ethical peer review for scientific publications; assisted suicide and euthanasia; professional voyeurism versus patient privacy online and on social media; the appropriate process for reporting an impaired colleague; and problems of burnout, work-life balance, and professional well-being. Professionalism and Ethics: Q & A Self-Study Guide for Mental Health Professionals poses and plumbs critically important ethical dilemmas in a compelling, down-to-earth way for today's practitioners and learners"-- Provided by publisher.
Contents:
Ethics, Professionalism, and the Field of Mental Health : An Overview / Laura Weiss Roberts, Max Kasun, Gabriel Termuehlen
Ethics in the Mental Health Professions / Laura Weiss Roberts, Max Kasun, Gabriel Termuehlen
Core Concepts in Ethics and Professionalism
Ethics and Professionalism in Clinical Care
Ethics and Professionalism in Medical Research
Ethics and Professionalism in Interactions With Colleagues and Trainees
Ethics and Professionalism Questions for Review.