Ch. 6 Ethics

Question 1

ethics

Answer 1

“a discipline within philosophy concerned with human conduct”

Question 2

two principles of relationship ethics

Answer 2

equitability and caring

Question 3

Equitability

Answer 3

the proposition “that everyone is entitled to have his or her welfare interests considered in a way that is fair from a multilateral perspective”

Question 4

caring

Answer 4

the idea that moral development and principles are centered on the social context of relationships and interdependency

Question 5

6 ACA meta-ethical principles

Answer 5

autonomy 
non-maleficence 
beneficence 
veracity 
fidelity 
justice

Question 6

bug-in-the-ear supervision method

Answer 6

a supervision model in which the therapist working with a family receives messages from a supervisor through a telephone hookup device.

Question 7

capitated contract

Answer 7

a managed care method of cutting costs in which providers agree to provide treatment for a per-person, per-year fee

Question 8

care pathway guidelines

Answer 8

instructions and directions in the managed care arena that delineate specific timelines in which diagnosis, interventions, decision-making processes, clinical services, and the potential interactions among multidisciplinary health care professionals should occur

Question 9

family therapy supervision

Answer 9

a systemic type of supervision that includes a focus on interpersonal as well as intrapersonal issues

Question 10

in camera review

Answer 10

a process in which an impartial party, usually a judge, reviews a therapist’s records and releases only those portions that are relevant to the situation at hand in a court case (the Latin term in camera means “in chambers”)

Question 11

liability

Answer 11

a legal term dealing with obligation and responsibility. A liability may be civil—for example, dealing with professional malpractice such as negligence; criminal—for example, dealing with the committing of a crime; or administrative—for example, dealing with an investigation by a licensure board.

Question 12

neutrality

Answer 12

literally, value free; some family therapies pride themselves on operating within a neutrality frame-work. Critics of such a framework claim that all therapy has moral and political values. A neutrality stance has deep ethical implications.

Question 13

utilization review

Answer 13

the process in managed health care by which a therapist submits a written justification for treatment along with a comprehensive treatment plan to a utilization reviewer for approval