The Book of Ethics: Expert Guidance For Professionals Who Treat Addiction

by Laura Weiss Roberts

The nature of addiction as a biological, psychological, social, and spiritual disease requires a high standard of ethical knowledge and professional skill. This groundbreaking, reader-friendly guide to contemporary ethical issues informs and challenges health care professionals, students, and faculty with a thorough and compassionate examination of the dilemmas faced when providing care for individuals suffering from substance use problems or addiction.

Renowned psychiatric ethicists Cynthia Geppert and Laura Weiss Roberts tackle issues of autonomy, respect for persons, confidentiality, truth telling and nonmaleficence setting the standard for contemporary ethical practices. They then illuminate these challenges with real-world case examples that show potential affects on a diverse group of patients, including women, adolescents, and people with co-occurring disorders or chronic pain.

Genres: Psychology

173 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2008

Reviews

[Fishface · Rating 3 out of 5]

I liked this one as far as the content goes, but they didn't make it very easy to read -- the print is teensy, pale-gray and hard to get off the page and into my skullbone. But the contents cover a whole lot of territory. I am a bit thrown by some of the clear, straightforward situations they describe rather dramatically as "dillemmas."