A clinical guide to psychiatric ethics / Laura Weiss Roberts, M.D., M.A., Chairman and Katharine Dexter McCormick and Stanley McCormick Memorial Professor, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California
Published
Arlington, VA : American Psychiatric Association Publishing, [2016]
Cover; Half Title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Contributors; Preface; Acknowledgments; Disclaimer; I Fundamentals; 1 Ethics Principles and Professionalism; 2 Clinical Decision-Making and Ethics Skills; 3 The Tradition of the Psychotherapeutic Relationship; 4 Informed Consent and Decisional Capacity; 5 Ethical Use of Influence and the Role of Physician in High-Risk Situations; 6 Confidentiality and Truth Telling; II Caring for Special Populations; 7 Children and Transitional Age Youth; 8 People in Small Communities; 9 Veterans; 10 People From Culturally Distinct Populations
11 People Living With HIV/AIDS12 People at the End of Life; 13 Difficult Patients; 14 People Living With Addictions; III Evolving Topics; 15 Integrity and the Professional Roles of Psychiatrists; 16 Patient Care Ethics Committees and Consultation Services; 17 Clinician Well-Being and Impairment; 18 Psychiatric Research; 19 Innovation in Psychiatry; 20 Clinical Training; 21 Population Health and Evolving Systems of Care; References; Appendix: Cases for Discussion; Index; Back Cover
Summary
With engaging insight, the author deftly reviews the nuances of ethics fundamentals. She then discusses with guest contributors ethical dilemmas and approaches to clinical work with children and youth, veterans, patients from culturally distinct backgrounds, HIV/AIDS patients, those at the end of life, patients living with addictions, and more
