Ethics primer of the American Psychiatric Association.

Bibliographic Details
Corporate Authors: American Psychiatric Association
American Psychiatric Association. Ethics Committee
Language:English
Published: Washington, D.C. : American Psychiatric Association, [2001], ©2001.
Subjects:
Psychiatric ethics > United States.
Ethics, Medical.
Psychiatry > standards.
United States.
Physical Description:xiv, 101 pages ; 23 cm
Format: Book
Contents:
  • Introduction: Role of the APA in developing and enforcing psychiatric ethics
  • Introduction for psychiatric residents
  • Ch. 1. Boundary violations
  • Ch. 2. Children, adolescents, and families
  • Ch. 3. Geriatric populations
  • Ch. 4. Involuntary hospitalization
  • Ch. 5. Managed care
  • Ch. 6. Confidentiality
  • Ch. 7. Gifts
  • Ch. 8. Duty to report colleagues who engage in fraud or deception
  • Ch. 9. Ethics of emergency care
  • Ch. 10. Ethics and forensic psychiatry
  • Ch. 11. Consultations and second opinions
  • App. The Principles of medical ethics with annotations especially applicable to psychiatry, 2001 edition.