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    Doing the right thing : an approach to moral issues in mental health treatment / John R. Peteet.

    • Title:Doing the right thing : an approach to moral issues in mental health treatment / John R. Peteet.
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    • Author/Creator:Peteet, John R., 1947-
    • Published/Created:Washington, D.C. : American Psychiatric Pub., ©2004.
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    • Library of Congress Subjects:Psychotherapy--Moral and ethical aspects.
    • Medical Subjects: Psychotherapy--ethics.
      Moral Obligations.
    • Edition:1st ed.
    • Description:xv, 125 p. ; 23 cm.
    • Summary:"Here is the first practical guide for dealing with the moral issues that regularly confront clinicians in their work. Written for all mental health professionals, Doing the Right Thing: An Approach to Moral Issues in Mental Health Treatment offers a framework both for making moral decisions concerning the treatment of patients and for helping patients deal with their own moral concerns." "Drawing on current thinking in several disciplines, Doing the Right Thing introduces the concept of moral functioning as a basis for therapeutic influence."--BOOK JACKET.
    • Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
    • ISBN:1585620831 (alk. paper)
    • Contents:1. Beyond Neutrality: Moral Functioning as a Basis for Therapeutic Influence
      2. Shaping the Direction of Treatment
      3. Caring for Patients
      4. Moral Dilemmas
      5. Unfair Pain
      6. Guilt, Shame, and Moral Failure
      7. Moral Growth and Transformation
      8. From Fragmentation to Integration.
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