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Record Nr.

UNINA9910450210203321

Autore

Stone Julie

Titolo

An Ethical Framework for Complementary and Alternative Therapists [[electronic resource]]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Hoboken, : Taylor and Francis, 2002

ISBN

1-280-11336-7

0-203-99398-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (298 p.)

Disciplina

174.2

174/.2

Soggetti

Alternative medicine

Alternative medicine-- Moral and ethical aspects

Moral and ethical aspects

Alternative medicine - Moral and ethical aspects

Complementary Therapies

Professional Competence

Ethics, Clinical

Ethics, Professional

Evidence-Based Medicine

Codes of Ethics

Professional-Patient Relations

Ethical Theory

Truth Disclosure

Guidelines as Topic

Clinical Medicine

Disclosure

Evidence-Based Practice

Ethics

Bioethics

Educational Measurement

Therapeutics

Interpersonal Relations

Delivery of Health Care

Health Care Quality, Access, and Evaluation

Education

Health Occupations

Humanities

Philosophy



Psychology, Social

Quality Assurance, Health Care

Medicine

Communication

Behavior

Behavior and Behavior Mechanisms

Health Care

Quality of Health Care

Health Services Administration

Alternative Medicine

Health & Biological Sciences

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

BOOK COVER; TITLE; COPYRIGHT; CONTENTS; 1 Introduction; 2 What do we mean by 'ethics'?; 3 Ethical theories in health care; 4 Professional codes of ethics; 5 The law; 6 Do alternative therapies require an alternative ethical framework?; 7 Competence; 8 Research; 9 Supervision; 10 Continuing professional development; 11 Maintaining boundaries and preventing abuse; 12 Respect for autonomy and consent; 13 Truth-telling; 14 Confidentiality and patient records; 15 Negotiating contracts with patients; 16 Duties towards children and mentally incapacitated adults; 17 Issues related to justice

18 Hands-on therapies19 Invasive therapies; 20 Product-based therapies; 21 Energy-based medicine; 22 Psychological interventions; 23 Self-help therapies; 24 Conclusion; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

As growing numbers of patients turn to complementary and alternative medicine (CAM), the focus of attention has largely been on whether these therapies work and whether they are safe.  These questions are central to further integration of CAM with orthodox medicine.  But in the absence of formal regulation, it is equally critical to consider the ethical dimensions of the CAM therapeutic encounter.In this book, Julie Stone demonstrates that ethical issues are no less relevant to CAM therapists than they are to doctors or any other group of health professionals.  She provides CAM therapists