Professional Ethics: A Guide for Rehabilitation Professionals

By Ronald W. Scott and Ronald W. Scott PT JD EdD LLM MSBA

Book Overview

240 pages

* Provides PTs and OTs with the information they need to make ethical decisions in their day-to-day practice. * Applicable to many rehabilitation professionals and works well in transdisciplinary classes, which are becoming more prevalent in colleges today. * Text shows how to apply ethics, making it a practical and relevant book for rehab students and professionals. * Case studies show how to apply theory to everyday practice. * Discussion of patient responsibility and mutual decision-making anticipates and helps to prevent possible problems and misunderstandings. * Includes an appendix at the back of the book with codes of ethics for several rehabilitation professions. * Current information on interpersonal relations and sexual harassment and misconduct, which every health care professional must be aware of. * Overview of the ethics of patient informed consent with a managed care focus. * In-depth discussion of managed care versus managed health. * Highly respected author brings wealth of expertise as an attorney, physical therapist, academician, chairperson of the American Physical Therapy Association Judicial Committee, and a renowned legal speaker in allied health circles. * Prepares rehab professionals to deal with difficult issues, such as withdrawing and withholding care, mental competency, and death and dying, including the right to die. * Simple and flexible systems approach to the determination and resolution of ethical issues and dilemmas.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0815125259
• ISBN13: 9780815125259
• Release Date: February 1998
• Publisher: Mosby
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 7.5" x 9.3"
• Age Range: 18 years and under
• Grade Range: Preschool to Postsecondary