Ethics for addiction professionals / LeClair Bissell, James E. Royce.

  • Bissell, LeClair
Date:
1987
  • Books

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Publication/Creation

Center City, MN : Hazelden Educational Materials, 1987.

Physical description

60 pages ; 22 cm

Related material

This item was donated as part of the DrugScope archive held by Wellcome Collection, reference SA/DRS https://wellcomecollection.org/works/psspw62x

Bibliographic information

Includes bibliographical references (pages [61-65]) and index.

Contents

Foreword -- Preface by each author -- 1. The worker. A new profession. Credentials. Discrimination. The counselor in relapse. Drinking and other drug use -- 2. Competence. Areas and limits. Professional development -- 3. Rights of patients. The myth of choice. Evaluation of treatment success. Confidentiality. Mandatory drug testing. AIDS -- 4. Exploitation. Financial contacts with patients. Social contacts with patients. A.A. relationships with patients. Should alcoholics drink? -- 5. Economics, funds, and fictions. Insurance. Diagnostic subterfuge. Overtreatment and undertreatment. When profit is king -- 6. Professional relations. Obligations to family and colleagues. Respecting A.A. traditions. Obligations to the community. Other professionals. Obligations of animal researchers -- 7. In conclusion. Code of ethics.

Notes

Copy 1. Donor: DrugScope.

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  • 0894864548
  • 9780894864544