Includes bibliographical references (p. 223-232) and index.

The groundwork for ethical practice -- On ethics and ethical behavior -- Elements of ethics -- Ethical development -- Professional ethics -- Acting on ethics -- The issue of risk -- How this text will (and won't) help you with ethics -- Ethical decision making -- Ethical decision-making models -- The decisions that result -- Putting it all together -- Conclusion -- Applying standards for ethical practice -- Self-determination -- Upholding the standard -- Violating the standard -- Resolving dilemmas in self-determination: hostile in hospice -- Conclusion -- Informed consent -- Upholding the standard -- Violating the standard -- Resolving dilemmas in informed consent: advertising for adoptions -- Conclusion -- Conflicts of interest -- Upholding the standard -- Violating the standard -- Resolving dilemmas in conflicts of interest: the case of the angry parent -- Conclusion -- Professional boundaries -- Upholding the standard -- Violating the standard -- Resolving dilemmas in boundary maintenance: the sleepless sleepover -- Conclusion -- Confidentiality -- Upholding the standard -- Violating the standard -- Resolving dilemmas in confidentiality: suicide and secrets -- Conclusion -- Competence -- Upholding the standard -- Violating the standard -- Resolving dilemmas in competence: the case of the shirking violet -- Conclusion -- Professionalism -- Upholding the standard -- Violating the standard -- Resolving dilemmas in professionalism: a rock and a hard place -- Conclusion -- Nondiscrimination and cultural competence -- Upholding the standard -- Violating the standard -- Resolving dilemmas in discrimination and cultural competence: the telltale office -- Conclusion -- Sustaining ethical habits -- Impediments and avenues to ethical habits -- The integrated self.

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