Running Head: COUNSELING AND SOCIAL JUSTICE Stepping up Counseling Responsibilities in a Socially Unjust Society Abstract Social Justice has been an emerging issue over the last century in today’s service environment of helping professionals. Social Justice is a mindset and an action for change. Wikipedia‚ the free encyclopedia defines social justice‚ as “the ability people have to realize their potential in a society where they live. Classically‚ ‘justice’ referred to
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Duty to Warn Jessica Hall PSYCH/545 09/4/2011 Dr. P. Duty to Warn The ethical dilemma I wish to explore is The Duty to Warn. This refers to the duty of a counselor‚ therapist to breach one of the most important bonds between a client and a therapist; the law of confidentiality. The therapist has the right to break confidentiality without the fear of being brought up for legal action. If the therapist believes that the client poses a danger‚ or is a threat to himself‚ someone else‚ or society
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therapists need to understand confidentiality‚ privileged information‚ and a therapists responsibility related to reporting suspected child abuse‚ elder abuse‚ and/or suicidal ideations‚ and possibly the most important of them all is a therapists duty to warn. The first case they were focusing on was the case related to a child that was presented in the ER and seen by Nurse Brown and now because she did not report any suspected child abuse she was charged with a crime. The statement that the character
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November 30‚ 2011 Aids – The Duty to Warn The AIDS epidemic began in the early to mid-1980’s and since it’s recognition in America it has become a very heated and debated topic among health professionals‚ the gay community‚ and most of all for the ones that are carrying the virus. The real debate is not over the virus itself but‚ rather about the infected individuals and whether or not they should be made morally obligated to tell their sexual partners if they are in fact infected. Both sides
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The duty to warn is a concept of law that is a required disclosure of information to an intended victim when a patient threatens to harm an individually identifiable person or persons and that the psychiatrist or other mental health provider believes that the patient is likely to actually harm the person. The duty to warn is if some health provider heard the patient that they are dealing with wanting threat someone‚ the provider must disclose information to the patient that he or she may cause danger
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Patient Confidentiality Changing the Rules for Modern Duty to Warn Mark O ’Brien Professional and Ethical Issues Instructor Dr. Alina Perez Florida Institute of Technology October 8‚ 2012 Every first year psychology student is taught that maintaining the confidentiality of the client is a prime concern in the development of a counseling relationship. As a practicing psychologist‚ members of the American Psychological Association are subject to guidelines for ethical behavior
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Taking Action: A Ethical and Legal Duty to Warn and Protect Third Parties Stephanie Y. Symonette Texas Southern University Psychology 730‚ Ethical and Legal Issues in Mental Health July 13‚ 2010 Abstract The duty to warn refers to the responsibility of a counselor or therapist to breach confidentiality if a client or other identifiable person is in clear or imminent danger. The duty to protect is a counselor’s duty to reveal confidential client information
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follow-up Because a new HIV diagnosis can be stressful to an individual‚ it is not only important to seek follow-up care from a medical standpoint‚ but from a mental and spiritual standpoint as well. Some follow-up recommendations may include: 1. Prompt medical treatment for initiation of antiretroviral medications‚ appropriate vaccine administration 2. Continuation of medical care including taking prescribed medication‚ even when not symptomatic. 3. Education regarding changes in behaviors to
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James Carper “HIV and Quarantine” Human Immunodeficiency Virus or HIV is a virus that kills the body’s ability to fight infection and leads to the incurable disease Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome or AIDS. AIDS was first reported in the United States in 1980. It was baffling to all medical personnel involved because as patients became more sick and unable to fight infection no known disease was to blame. Finally‚ through extensive research with a microscope the HIV virus was identified
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The WARN Act Application in a Case Study The purpose of the WARN act and its pros and cons The WARN Act is a law that formulated to cater for mass layoffs of employees. This law will provide a protective shield to various employees and their individual families by notification to the employees before the closure of the plants they are working in within a 60 day period (Ford et al‚ 2000). This law majorly applies to companies with a high number of employees and in this case the company that is about
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