Title

Clinical Ethical Decision Making: An Investigation Of The Rationales Used To Justify Doing Less Than One Believes One Should

Abstract

A sample (N = 102) of mental health practitioners (75% nondoctoral; 25% doctoral) participated in a survey study that assessed reasons used by clinicians to resolve professional ethical conflicts. Results were consistent with expectations and suggested that although practitioners do evaluate what should be done in ethical conflict situations in line with existing ethical guidelines, they may not always be willing to implement this ideal. This study suggested that when faced with an ethical conflict, professionals tend to think in terms of formal codes of ethics and relevant legal guidelines in determining what they should do, but are more likely to respond to personal values and practical considerations in determining what they actually would do if faced with the situation.

Publication Date

6-1-1991

Publication Title

Professional Psychology: Research and Practice

Volume

22

Issue

3

Number of Pages

235-239

Document Type

Article

Personal Identifier

scopus

DOI Link

https://doi.org/10.1037/0735-7028.22.3.235

Socpus ID

0026175023 (Scopus)

Source API URL

https://api.elsevier.com/content/abstract/scopus_id/0026175023

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