Name That Principle
This principle is commonly summarized as “do no harm.”
What is nonmaleficence?
Pressure to exaggerate a client’s progress or copy notes creates this type of ethical concern.
What is documentation integrity?
OT practitioners should charge fees that are reasonable and appropriate for these.
What are the services provided?
This field studies human conduct and evaluates whether actions are right or wrong.
What is ethics?
This principle requires OT practitioners to contribute to clients’ health and welfare.
What is beneficence?
Accepting inappropriate gifts or developing a friendship with a client may create this ethical dilemma.
What are professional boundaries or dual relationships?
An OT claiming credentials or training they do not possess violates this ethical principle.
What is veracity?
The AOTA Code of Ethics applies to individuals who currently are or previously were these.
Who are AOTA members?
This principle protects a client’s freedom to decide and act.
What is autonomy?
Being asked to perform an intervention without sufficient training creates a concern involving these professional limits.
What are competence and scope of practice?
Unnecessary treatment, falsified information, and inappropriate billing are examples of these three concerns.
What are fraud, waste, and abuse?
This AOTA group ensures compliance with the Code of Ethics and maintains enforcement procedures.
What is the AOTA Ethics Committee?
This principle requires healthcare professionals to tell the truth and ensure that information is understood.
What is veracity?
Disagreement among team members regarding treatment priorities, discharge, or safety is called this.
What is interprofessional disagreement?
Relationships, activities, or undue influences that interfere with services should be avoided under this principle.
What is nonmaleficence?
These individuals or organizations may file an ethics complaint against an AOTA member.
Who are any person, group, or entity inside or outside AOTA?
This principle emphasizes faithfulness, respect, fairness, and integrity in professional relationships.
What is fidelity?
Balancing a client’s needs against visit limits, productivity expectations, and payer rules creates this ethical dilemma.
What are insurance and reimbursement pressures?
An OT who treats colleagues and clients with respect, fairness, and integrity is demonstrating this principle.
What is fidelity?
Unlike ethical distress, this situation occurs when two or more ethical principles collide and make the best action difficult to determine.
What is an ethical dilemma?