Law & Ethics
Enhance human well being and help meet the basic human needs of all people, with particular attention to the needs and empowerment of people who are vulnerable, oppressed and living in poverty
What is NASW Code of Ethics
What is informed consent?
Informed consent involves providing clients with information necessary to make educated decisions about treatment.
Can be in writing or by conversation
What does HIPPA stand for
Health insurance portability and accountability act 1996
Ethical standards are useful because they are specific and offer guidance relevant to all ethical dilemmas
False
When is Breaking Confidentiality okay
1. Suspension of hurting one self
2. Suspensions of child abuse
3. Suspension of hurting others
What is Laura's Law
Laura's Law allows California counties to decide whether to opt to implement a community-based, court- monitored outpatient treatment program. These programs require outpatient treatment for a seriously mentally ill person who is unlikely to survive safely in the community without supervision, has a history treatment noncompliance, and presents a serious risk of harm to self or others. At the present time some, but not all, California counties have adopted Laura's Law.
Involuntary treatment violates the ethical principal of
Autonomy
Fidelity is not an ethical principle
True
Child abuse reasonable suspicion report
1. Reasonable suspicion does not require certainity the child abuse or neglect has occured
2. Reasonable suspicion does not require a specific medical indication of child abuse or neglect; any reasonable suspesion is suffeciant
3. Reasonable suspicion may be based on any information considered credible by reporter, including statements by others
What is the Standard 1.06C dual relationships code
Social workers should not engage in dual or multiple relationships with clients or former clients in which there is a risk of exploitation or potential harm to the client. In instances when dual or multiple relationships are unavoidable, social workers should take steps to protect clients and are responsible for setting clear, appropriate, and culturally sensitive boundaries.
Ensuring that all clients have access to services, resources, and opportunities despite challenges is an example of which ethical principle?
What it justice
In California, the therapist must respond to threats learned of from a client's social media
False
Family members
What is age is considered the age of elder abuse
What is over 65 years age
What are Reasons for Termination with a client
-When a client accrues a large bill and cannot pay for services
-When a client who has previously paid in full for services now requires a sliding scale
-When there is a role change (e.g., an agency therapist is promoted to a non-clinical role)
-When the therapist does not see continued need for treatment When there is a lack of treatment progress
-When there is a threat to the clinician
-When a client's issues exceed the clinician's scope of competence
Challenges that require a decision based on competing ideals
Ethical dilemmas
Cultural competence relies on the idea that a clinician is able to accept differences. This is then mandated in ethics codes as standards for providing nondiscriminatory practices.
True
Types of elder abuse
Financial abuse
Abandonment
Neglect
6 things for threat assessments
(1) the presence of attitudes that support violence, (2) the client's capacity of means to carry out violence, (3) the crossing of a threshold toward violence such as purchasing a gun or breaking a law, (4) the presence of an intent to carry out an action, (5) the responses of others to the client's plans, and (6) the degree of client compliance with professional recommendations to reduce risk.
what is principle of doing no harm to clients
Nonmaleficence
Discussions about the risks of treatment are a part of assessment and intervention, not part of the informed consent process.
False