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    Concise guide to ethics in mental health care / Laura Weiss Roberts, Allen R. Dyer.

    • Title:Concise guide to ethics in mental health care / Laura Weiss Roberts, Allen R. Dyer.
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    • Variant Title:Ethics in mental health care
    • Author/Creator:Roberts, Laura Weiss, 1960-
    • Other Contributors/Collections:Dyer, Allen R.
    • Published/Created:Washington, DC : American Psychiatric Pub., ©2004.
    • Holdings

       
    • Library of Congress Subjects:Psychotherapy--Moral and ethical aspects--Handbooks, manuals, etc.
      Psychiatric ethics--Handbooks, manuals, etc.
    • Medical Subjects: Psychotherapy--ethics--Handbooks.
    • Edition:1st ed.
    • Description:xxiv, 354 pages ; 17 cm.
    • Series:Concise guides (American Psychiatric Publishing)
    • Summary:This pocket-sized guide outlines the principles of professionalism and focuses attention to the ethical aspects of clinical decision- making, the psychotherapeutic relationship, informed consent, high- risk situations, confidentiality, psychiatric genetics, managed care, clinician health, clinical training, research, and the role of ethics committees. Roberts (psychiatry and behavioral medicine, Medical College of Wisconsin) and Dyers (psychiatry and behavioral science, East Tennessee State University) specifically discuss the care of particular types of patients--including children, addicts, "difficult" patients, members of small communities, and people nearing the end of life. Annotation : 2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com).
    • Notes:Includes bibliographical references (pages 321-342) and index.
    • ISBN:0880489448 (pbk. : alk. paper)
    • Contents:1. Ethics: Principles and Professionalism
      2. Clinical Decision-Making and Ethics Skills
      3. Psychotherapeutic Relationship
      4. Informed Consent and Decisional Capacity
      5. Ethical Use of Power in High-Risk Situations
      6. Confidentiality and Truth Telling
      7. Caring for Children / Laura Weiss Roberts, Allen R. Dyer and Jerald Belitz
      8. Caring for People With Addictions / Laura Weiss Roberts, Allen R. Dyer and Michael Bogenschutz
      9. Caring for "Difficult" Patients
      10. Caring for People in Small Communities
      11. Caring for People at End of Life
      12. Ethical issues in Psychiatric Genetics / Laura Weiss Roberts, Allen R. Dyer and Cynthia M. A. Geppert
      13. Ethical Issues in Managed and Evolving Systems of Care
      14. Ethical Issues in Clinician Health / Laura Weiss Roberts, Allen R. Dyer and Merry N. Miller
      15. Ethical Issues in Clinical Training
      16. Ethical Issues in Psychiatric Research
      17. Health Care Ethics Committees / Laura Weiss Roberts, Allen R. Dyer and Tim Townsend.
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