Ethical Terminology

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Firmly established standards of right and wrong that define obligations and rights for healthcare professionals

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Ethics

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Latin moralitas “manner, character, proper behavior”

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Morality:

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Specific, detailed knowledge in their area.

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Professional

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The process by which emotions and desires originally associated with one person, such as a parent or sibling, are unconsciously shifted to another person, especially to the therapist.

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Transference

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The therapist’s displacement of emotion onto the patient or more generally the therapists emotional involvement in the therapeutic interaction

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Counter-transference

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A situation that raises an ethical question about right or wrong which involves a conflict of values

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Ethical Dilemma

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A situation that raises an ethical question about right or wrong

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Ethical Issue

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Assures the profession provides safe, effective, client-centred care

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Quality Assurance

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Mutual decision via facilitator [ vs arbitrary 3rd party decision on a case]

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Mediation

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An agreement between a regulated health profession and society that trades off responsibilities with trust, e.g. regulated but has powers granted to them so they can commit to directly benefit the clients they serve

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Social Contract Theory

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Basic, expected standards of client care, the baseline at which therapists are responsible for quality of service. Failure to adhere may be reportable and punishable

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Standards of Practice

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Ethical statement that expresses the goals, values, and obligations of the profession

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Code of Ethics

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A relationship between a client and a therapist that exists to serve the health and well-being of the client

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Therapeutic Relationship

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When a therapist is in two distinctly different relationships with a person, e.g. friend and client

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Dual Relationship

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A person has a private or personal interest sufficient to influence the objective exercise of his or her official duties as, say, a public official, an employee, or a professional, or, more generally, is a conflict between your personal interests and your clients best interests

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Conflict of Interest

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Therapists has the physical ability to perform tasks related to their speciality

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Competence

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Represents a denial of equal treatment to some group because of that groups race, ethnicity, gender, disability, or other prejudice

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Discrimination

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A process of communication between a therapist and a client which results in the client providing the therapist with their agreement or authorization [verbal or written] to a specific treatment plan.

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Informed Consent

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Therapists have a duty of confidentiality, and they cannot, unless required by law or with the clients express consent, divulge client information

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Confidentiality

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Sometimes required when the application of standards and requirements are not always simple or clear

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Professional Judgement

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A legal term to describe a practitioners failure to provide professional services or exercise the degree of skill that is ordinarily expected of a healthcare professional in a similar situation.

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Malpractice