PSY BEH 164C Lecture Notes - Lecture 15: Nazi Human Experimentation, Hippocratic Oath, Belmont Report
6 Dec 2018
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Ethical dilemmas often in legal grey areas. More about judgment and critical thinking than retrieval of information. Privileged work that impacts the lives of others. Unique specialized knowledge that gives specialized influence over lives over others. With role comes respect, trust, and credibility to public. Clients are vulnerable and expect professional treatment. Hippocratic oath dates from 4th century bce. Ineffective treatment may leave clients feeling hopeless. Choose treatments most likely to benefit and least likely to harm clients. Clients should have choice, freedom, and adequate information to make decision. Client decides whether, when, and how to change. Ensuring services are fairly available and provided without discrimination. Use caution when using assessment or treatment procedures with populations other than those for whom they were developed and normed. Four principles might not always be equally weighted. Exposure treatment for ptsd may cause short term increase in. Competence: ability to make decision in one"s own interest.
