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- Title
SOME ETHICAL ISSUES FOR SYSTEMS-ORIENTED THERAPISTS IN HOSPITAL SETTINGS.
- Authors
Gottlieb, Michael C.; Cooper, Caren C.
- Abstract
The article discusses ethical issues systems-oriented therapists, which must confront when working in psychiatric hospitals. In recent years, mental health professionals have begun working in hospitals in increasing numbers, often taking on greater responsibility for patient care, administration, and staff supervision than they have in traditional outpatient settings. The ethical issues that arise when mental health professionals practice in hospital settings have been addressed in only one published article to date. Some of these issues have arisen as a result of efforts to contain cost by limiting patient care. Such decisions are often made by hospitals, third party payors, or managed care companies and are therefore beyond the control of the professional who is putatively in charge. When a family member is hospitalized, who is the patient? Systemically oriented therapists typically view the family system as the focus of treatment, rather than any individual, feeling ethically obliged to work for the benefit of all family members.
- Subjects
PROFESSIONAL ethics of psychotherapists; MENTAL health personnel; FAMILY therapists; SOCIAL psychology; PSYCHIATRIC hospitals; MEDICAL care
- Publication
Family Relations, 1993, Vol 42, Issue 2, p140
- ISSN
0197-6664
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.2307/585446