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Ethics Flashcards

1
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Dereliction

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Failure to proivide reasonable care. aka negligence.

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Duty

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Legal relationship with a patient gives rise to a duty.

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Directly causing damages

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Negligence causing harm.

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Beneficence and nonmaleficence

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Benefit those whom we work with; take care to do no harm.

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Fidelity and responsibility

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Establish trust w/ people who we work with. Be aware of responsibilities to these people and uphold professional standards.

Clarification of roles, manage conflicts of interest, consult with other professionals.

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Integrity

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Promoting accuracy, honesty, and truthfulness; avoid all fraudulent activities.

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Justice

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All people should benefit from psychology and treated with equal quality in all activities.

Not letting own biases/limitations of competence result in unjust practices.

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Respect for people’s rights and dignity

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Respect for rights of privacy, confidentiality, self-determination. Involves consideration of differences among persons when providing psychological services.

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Referring out

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Appropriate when: therapist’s beliefs interfere with therapy, client feels uncomfortable with therapist, or therapist lacks competence in treating presenting problem.

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Subpoenas

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Can’t be ignored. When you get one:

  1. Inform client of it
  2. Seek permission to release information.
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Court orders

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Can request modification, but ultimately psychologist must comply with any court order.

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Court-ordered therapy

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Psychologist who agrees to this must clarify the nature of Tx that is ordered, and info court needs. Then discuss with client to get informed consent. Client is the COURT.

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13
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Can you withold records at any time?

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Nope!

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Payment issues

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Need to be agreed upon from the outset. Don’t need to give heads up about a collection agency, but need to let them know if they’re coming.

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Barter

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Okay as long as it is not exploitative. E.g., one therapy session does not equate to building a deck.

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16
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How long to keep records

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7 years after last date of service delivery.

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17
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Written informed consent does not __

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Guarantee informed consent

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18
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Is it ethical for psychologists to make parole recommendations?

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Yup.

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Is it illegal/legal ethical/unethical to waive a copayment fee?

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Unethical and illegal

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In a public forum, how should you address someone asking you for your advice?

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Refer to the research/don’t address her specifically.

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Psychologists report that what is the most frequently occurring ethical concern they experience?

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Limits of confidentiality.

22
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When someone is not legally capable of giving informed consent, and gov’t regulations prohibit securing consent from a legally authorized person, what do you do?

A

Take reasonable steps to protect the individuals’ rights and welfare

23
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If an employee is referred to you through an EAP program, what info can you share?

A

Attendance, not content.

24
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With forensic testimony predicting behavior, what does the current literature suggest?

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Widespread disagreement about psychologists’ ability to make predictions about future violent behavior.

25
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Larry P. v. Riles dealt with:

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Racial/cultural biases in IQ testing for school children.

26
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In the absence of superseding requirements, psychologist can keep records for:

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Adults: 7 years after the last date of service delivery, and for minors either 7 years after last service or 3 years after minor reaches age of majority, whichever is later.

27
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If a client’s husband threatens your life and you terminate, why is it ethical?

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Because you are endangered by someone in a close relationship with the client.

28
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When should fees be established in treatment?

A

ASAP

29
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M’Naghten rule

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Criminal defendant is not guilty by reason of insanity if, at the ponit of the crime, they were deranged.

30
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If someone is suicidal and can’t afford therapy, what is the ethical course of action

A

Continue therapy until an appropriate referral can be made.

31
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If a 9 y.o. client has a major illness that her pediatrician doesn’t know about, what’s the ethical course of action?

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Obtain R.O.I. and inform the pediatrician.

32
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You find out you go to the same gym your client does, what is the ethical course of action?

A

Stop going.

33
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The patient’s right to keep therapy information from being disclosed during a court proceeding is termed:

A

Legal privilege

34
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How long do you have to keep HIPAA documents?

A

6 yrs

35
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Buckley Amendment

A

Protected privacy of student records

36
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Student trainee is working under the supervision of a licensed psychologist. What info must the trainee share?

A

she must tell patients that she is being supervised and must give them her supervisor’s name.

37
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Psychologists who want to practice in a forensic setting must:

A

Become reasonably familiar with the judicial rules governing their roles; accredited forensic training not required.

38
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Sexual harassment requires?

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Involves continued comments/actions/statements even if the victim asks to stop.

39
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What malparctice claim accounts for most money paid out?

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Sexual relationships with former or current therapy clients.

40
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What happens to privilege in a court-ordered evaluation

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There is no privilege

41
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Probono Services are

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recommended

42
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Psychologist takes into treatment wife of her own therapist. Ethical or unethical and why?

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Unethical, because of the high likelihood that the psychologist’s objectivity and competence will be impaired.

43
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In order to successfully sue a psychologist, a patient must prove what?

A

Psychologist provided negligent Tx.

Psychologist’s treatment caused harm to the patient.

Psychologist had an obligation to provider care for the patient.

44
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Fee splitting b/w psychologist and other professionals – ethical?

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Permissable if it is based on services provided.

45
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SCENARIO: You’re in a small town and you’re the only psychologist. Your ex-partner wants treatment, and you broke up 10 years ago. If you treat them, ethical or no?

A

UNETHICALLY. No way to avoid multiple relationship that will impact treatment.

46
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Difference between ethical standards and general principles?

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Standards are ENFORCEABLE; principles are ASPIRATIONAL

47
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Testimonials - can you solicit them?

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They can be solicited as long as they are not from CURRENT PATIENTS or those vulnerable to undue influence

48
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Who holds privilege in court-ordered treatment?

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The client NOT THE COURT DUMMY

49
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SCENARIO: A doctoral student gets business cards and includes on his cards that he is a Ph.D. candidate and that he accepts patients on a sliding scale. According to the APA Ethics Code, is this ok?

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He can advertise fee schedule, but listing candidate status is unethical.

50
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Summary of the attitude of APA toward multiple relationships

A

Multiple relationships that don’t impair the psychologist’s functioning or risk harm or exploitation are not unethical.

51
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Is waiving the first session fee ethical?

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Ethical as long as there is no coercion or undue influence.

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