Professional Issues and Ethics in Physical Therapy: A Case-Based Approach, Second Edition

Description:

This unique case-based resource provides real-life ethical scenarios and dilemmas that build your expertise on this increasingly important topic Carefully selected to encourage thinking and discussion, the cases in Professional Issues and Ethics in Physical Therapy provide a framework for quickly and accurately answering vital questions when it comes to professional ethics in a physical therapy setting like “What should I do?” and “How should I act?” In addition to addressing clinician-patient situations, it explains how to resolve issues within institutional and societal perspectives. With content specifically designed to help students excel in their Professional Issues & Ethics Course, this updated guide covers everything you need to know, including: Healthcare ethics and professionalism Ethical risk factors Decision-making models for clinical practice Frameworks for different practice settings Protecting against moral injury in practice Practicing ethically in a “hands off” world Accountability and boundaries Professional relationships, responsibility, and self-regulation The text is divided into two sections: Ethics for the Physical Therapist provides didactic, foundational material; Types of Ethical Decisions: Case Analysis applies ethical decision-making tools to relevant cases, with the second section focusing on case analyses. The two sections integrate with one another, but each can also be read separately.

Table of Contents:

Part One: Ethics for the Physical Therapist

1. Healthcare Ethics

2. The Evolution of the Code of Ethics for Physical Therapists and the Standards of Ethical Conduct of the Physical Therapist Assistant

3. Professionalism

4. Ethical Guidance: The Code of Ethics for Physical Therapists and Standards of Ethical Conduct for the Physical Therapist Assistant

5. Ethical Risk Factors and Moral Injury

6. Applying Ethical Decision-Making Models in Clinical Practice

Case Example 1: Too Much of a Good Thing

Case Example 2: Stepping Over the Line?

7. Practicing Ethically in a Digital World

8. Practicing a Hands-on Profession in a Hands-off World

9. The Ethical Challenges of the Future

Part Two: Types of Ethical Decisions: Case Analysis

10. Introduction to Case Analysis

Case Example 1: It’s Not in My Job Description!

11. Accountability

Case Example 1: Destination Dilemma: Best Interest Determination

Case Example 2: What Happens in PT, Stays in PT: Patient Confidentiality vs. Professional Duty

Case Example 3: Sticks and Stones: Patient–Therapist Relationship Challenges

Case Example 4: All That Is New and Shiny: Conflict of Interest-Benefit

12. Boundary Issues

Case Example 5: A Family Affair: A Dual Relationship

Case Example 6: Who Sent Me a Text?: The Conundrum of Social Media

Case Example 7: Movement Specialist Redefined: Power Gradient

Case Example 8: With All Best Intentions: When Consent Is Not Informed

13. Practice Issues

Case Example 9: Can You “See” Me Now?: Workplace Dictating a Service Delivery Model

Case Example 10: Put Me in, Coach: The Complexities of Answering Patient and Employer Expectations Simultaneously

Case Example 11: Are You the PT for Me?: Self-Assessment to Determine What Is Best for the Patient

Case Example 12: Professional Decision Making on the Line: The Exercise of Professional Judgment

14. Professional Relationships

Case Example 13: Joint Moves: Respect for Interprofessional Practice

Case Example 14: An Acute Cold Shoulder: Destructive Professional Relationship

Case Example 15: Homesick: Professional Power Gradient Abuse

Case Example 16: Unwelcome Notice: Professional Disrespect

15. Professional Responsibility

Case Example 17: A Passive Protocol: Autonomous Clinical Decision Making

Case Example 18: Artificial Competence: Assessing Competence and Limitations

Case Example 19: Alphabet Soup: Protect Patients by Accurate Reporting of Skills

Case Example 20: Moral Injury: The Importance of Self-Care

16. Professional Self-Regulation

Case Example 21: Who Are You?: Responsibility to Report

Case Example 22: Where Is the Evidence?: Exceeding Responsibility

Case Example 23: An Education on Staff Behavior: Stopping Poor Practice

Case Example 24: Independent or Set Adrift?: Responsibility to Know Your Practice Act

17. Supervision

Case Example 25: Long-Distance Supervision: Inappropriate Supervision

Case Example 26: Supervision Revision: Supervision Conflict

Case Example 27: PRN PT or PTA: Resisting Supervision

Case Example 28: Supervisory Inaction: Abuse of Supervisory Power

18. The Student Physical Therapist

Case Example 29: Student or PT?: Abdication of Supervision

Case Example 30 The Student Advocate: New Professional Responsibility

Case Example 31: Project Professional Skills: Inappropriate Professional Behavior

Case Example 32: See Some Evil?: Whose Duty to Report?

Appendix A: The Code of Ethics for Physical Therapists

Appendix B: Standards of Ethical Conduct for the Physical Therapist Assistant

Appendix C: Ideas to Consider

Appendix D: References

Index