Edited by Janie B. Scott, MA, OT/L, FAOTA, and S. Maggie Reitz, PhD, OTR/L, FAOTA
Occupational therapy students, practitioners, educators, and researchers can face ethical challenges every day. Ethical dilemmas arise during the educational preparation toward becoming a clinician and continue throughout all areas of practice. Upholding ethical conduct is difficult and requires practical guidance to help determine an appropriate course of action.
Lifelong ethical education is an important part of becoming and remaining an ethical occupational therapy practitioner. Aligned with the Occupational Therapy Code of Ethics, this comprehensive text analyzes the Code’s six Principles in detail and then applies them across occupational therapy practice areas. It describes ways to approach ethical dilemmas using a Decision Table and illustrates solutions with real-world case studies and vignettes. Readers are guided thoughtfully through analyses of various courses of action to deepen their understanding of ethical practice and the ways it can be compromised. Reflective questions in each chapter help promote thoughtful and ethical practice and are valuable for use in the classroom, in occupational therapy study groups, and for personal use.
Contents
Part I. Foundations
Chapter 1. Ethical Theories and Perspectives
Chapter 2. Historical Background of Ethics in Occupational Therapy
Chapter 3. Promoting Ethics in Occupational Therapy Practice: Codes and Consequences
Chapter 4. Solving Ethical Dilemmas
Part II. Principles
Chapter 5. Principle 1: Beneficence
Chapter 6. Principle 2: Nonmaleficence
Chapter 7. Principle 3: Autonomy
Chapter 8. Principle 4: Justice
Chapter 9. Principle 5: Veracity
Chapter 10. Principle 6: Fidelity
Part III. Applications
Chapter 11. Mental Health: Ethics in Diverse Settings
Chapter 12. Productive Aging: Ethics From Community to Supportive Living
Chapter 13. Children and Youth: Ethics in Service Provision Across Contexts
Chapter 14. Ethics in Health Promotion and Wellness
Chapter 15. Work and Industry: Ethical Considerations for Occupational Therapy Practitioners
Chapter 16. Participation, Disability, and Rehabilitation: Ethical Challenges
Chapter 17. Administration and Management: Ethical Challenges
Chapter 18. Application of Ethics in Higher Education
Chapter 19. Ethics in Occupational Therapy Research
Chapter 20. Interprofessional Ethics With Internal and External Communities
Chapter 21. Culture and Ethical Practice
Part IV. Trends
Chapter 22. International Practice: Ethics of Internationalism
Chapter 23. Environmental Modification: Ethics of Assessment and Intervention
Chapter 24. Autism Across the Lifespan: Ethical Considerations
Chapter 25. Technology: Ethics of Service Delivery
Chapter 26. Reimbursement: Ethical Considerations for Getting Paid—And Fairly
Chapter 27. Current and Future Ethical Trends
Appendixes
Appendix A. Occupational Therapy Code of Ethics (2015)
Appendix B. Enforcement Procedures for the Occupational Therapy Code of Ethics (2015)
Appendix C. NBCOT Candidate/Certificant Code of Conduct
Appendix D. Procedures for the NBCOT Candidate/Certificant Code of Conduct
Appendix E. Ethics Resources
Appendix F. Guidelines for Supervision, Roles, and Responsibilities During the Delivery of Occupational Therapy Services
Appendix G. Decision Table
Appendix H. Scope of Practice
978-1-56900387-9, 428 pages, 2017