CH 2 Flashcards
When scopes of practices overlap; or the personal and professional relationship overlap.
Dual role
The science or study or morals, values, and principles, including the ideals of autonomy, beneficence, and justice.
Ethics
Right and correct conduct based on moral and cultural standards as defined by the society in which we live.
Ethical behavior
The application of ethical principles and professional skills to determine appropriate behavior and resolve ethical dilemmas.
Ethical decision making
Relates to the theory and practice of the law.
Jurispudence
A consumer protection process; it requires the clients to be informed of the steps of the treatment, that their participation be voluntary, and that they be competent to give consent.
Informed consent
A professional relationship in which an individual with experience and skill beyond those of the person being mentored provides support, encouragement, and career expertise.
Mentoring
The interaction among those of similar skill and experience to encourage and maintain appropriate professional practice.
Peer support
Basic truths or rules of conduct; they are generalizations that are accepted as true and that can be used as a basis for ethical conduct.
Principles
The knowledge base and practice parameters of a profession.
Scope of practice
Principles that serve as a specific guideline for directing professional ethical practice and quality care, including a structure for evaluating the quality of care.
Standards of practice
An assessment and treatment process that a clinician (massage therapist) should follow for a certain type of clinical circumstance performed at the level which similarly qualified practitioners manage the client’s care under the same or similar circumstances.
Standard of care
Involves a person who oversees others and their professional behavior.
Supervision
An interpersonal provider-client model that addresses the continuum of compliance, adherence, and collaboration in therapeutic relationship.
Therapeutic alliance
Created by the interpersonal structure and professional boundaries between professionals and their clients.
Therapeutic relationship
The personalization of the professional relationship by the client.
Transference
Defined as skills, techniques, and strategies that can be used by a practitioner.
Practice
Defined as “The conscientious, explicit, and judicious use of current best evidence in decision making about the care of individual patients.”
Evidence-based practice
The best available research, plausible suppositions, expert opinion consensus, and practice knowledge based on clinical experience, to guide professional practice.
Evidence-informed practice
Treatment guidelines developed by the profession which identify the appropriate treatment based on scientific evidence and clinical experience.
Standards of care
Ethical behavior that is motivated only by compliance with the law.
Mandatory ethics
Ethical behavior motivated by a professional’s desire to provide the highest possible benefit and welfare for the client.
Aspirational ethics
History taking using a client information form, and physical assessment using an assessment form. The information is evaluated to develop a care plan.
Needs assessment
A plan that states therapeutic goals, the duration of the sessions, the number of appointments necessary to meet the agreed goals costs, the general classification of intervention to be used, and the objective progress measurement to be used to identify attainment of goals.
Initial treatment plan
Respect for the privacy of information
Confidentiality
The right of either the client or the professional to stop the massage session.
Right of refusal
A term that describes the difference in knowledge and skills between the client and the professional; it exists because one is placed in the position of controlling the situation.
Power differential
Difficulty in making a decision when there may be multiple ways to address a situation.
Dilemma
Thought-out responses based on principles, information, and the complexities of the situation.
Decisions
Form of critical reasoning that targets a specific therapeutic practice.
Clinical reasoning
The ability to restate information in a way that indicates the listener has received and understood the message,
Reflective reasoning
Clarifying a feeling attached to a message but not adding to or changing the message.
Active listening
A question that cannot be answered with a simple, one-word response.
Open-ended questions
An expressed struggle between at least two interdependent parties who perceive incompatible goals, scarce resources, and/or interference from the other party in achieving their goals.
Conflict
An atmosphere characteristic of competition that inhibits the mutual trust required for effective conflict management.
Defensive climate
A collaborative environment that leads to mutual trust and to an atmosphere conductive to managing differences.
Supportive climate
A designation earned by completing a process that verifies a certain level of expertise in a given skill.
Credentials
A document that can be adopted by states and used as the state massage law, or the document can be used by states as an example for developing legislation.
Model practice act
The exchange of privileges between governing bodies.
Reciprocity
