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HEED 125 Ethics in Professional Practice

This course will examine ethics in today's evolving healthcare environment. This course will look at the evolution of privacy and the ethical dilemmas that result from current laws, and social and cultural implications. A practitioner's approach to ethics has a direct impact on the quality of patient care and the liability of the organization for which they work. Healthcare practitioners, i.e., substance abuse counselors, psychiatric aides, gerontologists, social services workers, are expected to be knowledgeable about today's healthcare laws and ethical codes.

Credits

3

Hours Weekly

3 hours weekly

Course Objectives

  1. 1. Recognize and discuss ethical dilemmas that typically arise in health care settings.
  2. 2. Develop the student's critical analytical skills resolving health care dilemmas.
  3. 3. Discuss the four pillars of ethics (Beneficence, Autonomy, Nonmaleficence and Justice) within the context of health care in general, emphasizing addiction counseling and other forms of addiction treatment.
  4. 4. Examine situations that may lead to ethical dilemmas in health care practice.
  5. 5. Interpret privacy and confidentiality concerns, dictated by current state and federal legislation, as they relate specifically to clients seeking or receiving addiction treatment.
  6. 6. Examine the code of ethics and create practical application as it pertains to health care practice.

Course Objectives

  1. 1. Recognize and discuss ethical dilemmas that typically arise in health care settings.
  2. 2. Develop the student's critical analytical skills resolving health care dilemmas.
  3. 3. Discuss the four pillars of ethics (Beneficence, Autonomy, Nonmaleficence and Justice) within the context of health care in general, emphasizing addiction counseling and other forms of addiction treatment.
  4. 4. Examine situations that may lead to ethical dilemmas in health care practice.
  5. 5. Interpret privacy and confidentiality concerns, dictated by current state and federal legislation, as they relate specifically to clients seeking or receiving addiction treatment.
  6. 6. Examine the code of ethics and create practical application as it pertains to health care practice.