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The portable ethicist for mental health professionals : a complete guide to responsible practice : with HIPAA update / Thomas L. Hartsell, Jr. and Barton E. Bernstein.
Holman Biotech Commons RC455.2.E8 B476 2008
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Hartsell, Thomas L., Jr. (Thomas Lee), 1955-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Mental health personnel--Professional ethics.
- Mental health personnel.
- Psychiatric ethics.
- United States. Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996.
- United States.
- Psychiatry--ethics.
- Codes of Ethics.
- Confidentiality.
- Professional-Patient Relations--ethics.
- Medical Subjects:
- Psychiatry--ethics.
- Codes of Ethics.
- Confidentiality.
- Professional-Patient Relations--ethics.
- Physical Description:
- xli, 533 pages ; 24 cm
- Edition:
- Second edition, fully revised.
- Place of Publication:
- Hoboken, N.J. : John Wiley & Sons, [2008]
- Summary:
- Now fully revised and in a second edition, The Portable Ethicist for Mental Health Professionals identifies, discusses, and suggests solutions to both the simple and complex ethical questions mental health professionals must deal with on a daily basis.
- Written by attorney and mediator Thomas Hartsell Jr. and social worker and attorney Barton Bernstein, this indispensable guide arms you with the expert knowledge you need to avoid an ethical violation-or to handle the situation if a complaint is filed.
- This step-by-step guide offers helpful case studies and "ethical flash points" to alert you to warning signs and help you steer clear of ethically questionable situations. The new edition is fully revised with: New material on the HIPAA Privacy and Security Rules integrated throughout the chapters, A new chapter on dealing with dangerous and problematic clients, A new chapter on avoiding complaints or malpractice suits by using dispute resolution alternatives such as mediation, conciliation, or arbitration, Coverage of key categories including confidentiality, sexual misconduct, false and misleading statements, drug and alcohol use, documentation, record keeping, closing a practice, and more, A listing of useful Internet addresses of the ethical codes for all the national mental health organizations and state licensing boards.
- Even an unintended ethical breach can lead to personal and professional disaster. The Portable Ethicist for Mental Health Professionals, Second Edition helps you protect yourself, your future, and your practice-and lets you focus on the best interests of your clients.
- Contents:
- Alternative treatment methods
- Boundary violations
- Confidentiality
- Dangerous clients
- Discrimination
- False and misleading statements
- Informed consent
- Interviewing
- Prohibited clients
- Risky clients
- Repressed and recovered memory
- Sexual misconduct
- Terminating therapy
- Areas of ethical complaints
- Ethics codes as evidence
- Licensing board procedures
- Office of civil rights
- Centers for medicare and medicaid services
- Reporting statutes and obligations
- Billing
- Establishing a practice
- Closing or interrupting a practice
- Kickbacks, bartering, fees, and gifts
- Malpractice insurance
- Record keeping
- Drug and alcohol use, impairment
- Duty to warn
- Interprofessional issues
- Professional vulnerability
- Supervision
- Forensic evaluation
- Group therapy
- Don't do dumb stuff
- Epilogue: ethics in the twenty-first century.
- Notes:
- Bernstein's name appears first on the earlier ed.
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 511-514) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780470140307
- 0470140305
- OCLC:
- 180982680
- Online:
- Publisher description
- Contributor biographical information
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