List Books » Applied Law in the Behavioral Health Professions: A Textbook for Social Workers, Counselors, and Psychologists
Authors: Andrew B. Israel
ISBN-13: 9780820457222, ISBN-10: 0820457221
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Lang, Peter Publishing, Incorporated
Date Published: September 2002
Edition: New Edition
Making effective decisions in the behavioral health professions requires an understanding of essential legal principles governing practice. The technical manner in which these principles are often presented in law treatises makes it difficult for the decision maker to prioritize and apply them in a practical manner. Applied Law in the Behavioral Health Professions addresses this significant problem by presenting social workers, counselors, psychologists, and students with an understandable and efficient strategy for applying the law in daily practice. Through the book's multidisciplinary approach, practitioners are assured of making informed, thorough, and sensitive professional choices. The decision making framework introduced stresses a ranked consideration of fundamental legal, ethical, cultural, and regional factors that influence practice. The usefulness of the framework in addressing diversity issues in behavioral health is highlighted using examples focusing on the Hispanic and Native American populations of New Mexico and the southwestern United States.
Israel (New Mexico Highlands U. School of Social Work) offers practical legal and ethical guidance to behavioral health professionals for resolving dilemmas involving clients and co- workers. The author presents a unified system viewing decision making as an orderly process sharing essential characteristics of all of the branches of the field, and promotes the interpretation of professional issues from a communitarian rather than individualistic perspective. Three brief vignettes and 27 case examples demonstrate the application of the system. The role of diversity issues is also considered. For use in law and ethics courses in multiple disciplines, and as a reference for practitioners. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
Preface | ||
1 | Introduction to Law Based Decision Making in the Behavioral Health Professions | 1 |
2 | Constructing a Law Based Framework for Professional Decision Making | 7 |
3 | The Duty to Practice Reasonably Competently | 23 |
4 | The Duty to Seek Informed Consent | 47 |
5 | The Duty to Identify the Primary Client | 79 |
6 | The Duty to Treat Clients and Co-workers With Due Process and Equal Protection | 133 |
7 | The Duty to Maintain Confidentiality | 197 |
8 | Incorporating Law, Ethics, Context, and Pragmatism in Decision Making | 227 |
App.: Decision Making Framework | 247 | |
References | 259 | |
Index | 283 |