Thematic Articles Flashcards
Truscott and Crook:
Ethics for the Practice of Psychology in Canada
Appreciating the Legal Expectations
Section 5: MALPRACTICE
- To understand the characteristics of the legal system
(civil vs criminal, three main characteristics) - To understand Negligence and the 5 components of the negligence charge
- To understand potential malpractice issues in suicide, psychotherapy, assessment and with third party risk
Thomas:
Licensing Board Complaints: Minimizing the Impact on the Psychologist’s Defense and Clinical Practice
Section 5: MALPRACTICE
- To understand areas of practice/types of clients that might put psychologists at higher risk for complaints
- The impact of the complaint process on the psychologists
- Things they psychologists can do to better handle and protect themselves during the complaint process
Corey, Corey, Callanan
The Gatekeeping Role of Faculty in Promoting Competence
Section 5: MALPRACTICE
- To understand ethical obligation of faculty to protect the public from students who may not suited to the discipline
- Admin and faculty continue to clash on enforcing this
Spelliscy: Providing Professional Services/recommendations for children in the absence of one of more guardians
Section 10(2): Child Custody
Purpose: To highlight common pitfalls when providing services in the absence of one or more guardians
- Psychologist’s PRE informed consent obligation: to establish who can provide consent for child (do NOT assume family in tact): asking all guardians and looking at court orders
- Psychologist must conduct and document their OWN informed consent procedures
- Clarify referral issue - (do I have the competencies to for this referral issue/are parents aware of referral issue)
- Clarify you role -
* *CANNOT undertake assessment role that impacts legal/funding if you’ve have a previous therapeutic role with client
* * Psychologists cannot make recommendations that impact custody in absence of guardians (not all of the info) - Restrict professional opinions to areas of competence/reason for referral, evidence and individuals at hand *** common source of professional conduct complaint
Foot and Shuman
Consent, Disclosure and Waiver for the Forensic Psychological Evaluation: Rethinking the Roles of Psychologist and Lawyer
Psychologists and Lawyers each have areas they must explain to the client in order to achieve informed consent (each cannot ethically convey information about the other’s area of expertise
Psychologists shares: role of evaluator, form of report,
Lawyers share: how it will help/harm case, legal purpose of evaluation**
Both share: who gets to see info, limits to confidentiality
Best Model 3: Psychologist sends lawyer a letter to initiate the process by outlining what they will disclose to the litigant (the authors argue this is the best model - the psychologist is adhering to their ethical responsibilities, and the logistics would be easier)
Oberlander and Barnett
Multiple Relationships between graduate students and students: Ethical and practice considerations
Often little training, limited support and “forced” into dual relationships.
DMM
- Is the dual relationship NECESSARY
- Is the dual relationships EXPLOITATIVE
- Who does the dual relationships BENEFIT
- Is there RISK that dual relationship could HARM STUDENT
- Could dual relationship DISRUPT EDUCATIONAL relationship
- Is evaluation of dual relationships OBJECTIVE
- Have you DOCUMENTED decision-making process
- Did student give INFORMED CONSENT to risks of dual relationships
Robinson, Lehr And Severi
Confidentiality in the Canadian Context: Honouring Fiduciary Responsibilities within the Parameters of Ethical and Legal best practice
- Confidentiality = fidelity + autonomy (trust and dignity)
- Who has privilege
- Limits to confidentiality
Corey, Corey, Callanan
Issues and ethics in the helping professions
p.37
- Values VS Ethics VS Morality
- Levels/types of ethical practice (mandatory, aspirational, principle, virtue)
- Moral principles to guide decision making (Very Jumbo Ferrets Drew Dark AvocadoS) :):):)
Barstow (2006) The right use of power: The heart of ethics
p.59
- What does it mean to use the right use of power?
(act sensitively, creatively, effectively in the service of others and yourself; engages compassion, helps us to stay related through conflict and repair relationships; the synthesis of POWER and HEART; - What are the four right use of power dimensions?
(Be skillful, be informed, be compassionate, be connected) - Foundational values of the right use of power (6)
- What is the role of ‘excess baggage’ in the right use of power?
Corey, Corey, Callanan
The counsellor as a person and as a professional
p.69
- How does the counsellors self awareness impact the therapeutic process?
- The importance of counsellors getting their own personal therapy
- Ethical implications of transference and countertransference
Corey, Corey, Callanan
Values and the helping relationship
p. 89
- The importance of counsellors evaluating their own values before treating clients
- The ethics of imposing your values on clients. Are referrals due to value conflict/discrimination appropriate?
- The counsellors role when bringing spiritual/religious values into a session
Chenneville (2000)
HIV, confidentiality, and duty to protect: a decision-making model
p.183
- 3 ethical issues discussed in the article related to disclosing HIV status
(confidentiality; duty to protect; harm to public) - The 3 criteria used to decide in confidentiality should be breached
(forseeability of harm, identifiability of victim, implications of disclosure) - Steps of Chenneville’s decision making model (how does it compare to CPA?)
Hill, Glasser, Harden (2005)
A feminist model for ethical decision making
p.193
- What did feminists believe was missing from existing decision making models?
- How does the feminist decision making model differ from CPA’s?
- Intuitive VS Critical moral reasoning
Huss (2001)
Navigating the ethical quagmire of inherent ethical dilemmas present in elementary school counselling programs
p.215
- The 3 main ethical issues discussed in the article
(who is client? confidentiality; privilege) - What are some things school counsellors can do to work effectively with students, while also working effectively with teachers and parents?
- Risk management that can be used by school counsellors
- The role of advocacy
Crowhurst and Dobson (1993)
Informed consent: legal issues and applications to clinical practice
p.449
- Battery VS Negligence
- Professional disclosure standard
(criteria for disclosure determined by what is normally done in the professional community. This is broken down into three variants. 1. local community standard; 2. prevailing practice standard; 3. reasonable practitioner standard) - Guidelines for obtaining valid consent
(client must be competent; must be VOLUNTARY; consent must be SPECIFIC; must be INFORMED; appropriate METHOD (written, verbal, etc.); must be DOCUMENTED)