| Ethical Practice in Grief Counseling Contributor(s): Gamino, Louis A. (Author), Ritter, R. Hal (Author) |
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ISBN: 082610083X ISBN-13: 9780826100832 Publisher: Springer Publishing Company OUR PRICE: $97.02 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: April 2009 Annotation: Sound ethical practice is good clinical practice and good clinical practice requires sound ethical practice. This book compiles these major areas of ethical concern and addresses them with a level of specificity beyond that typically found in generic texts on ethics in medicine or mental health. This includes the concept of "death competence" on the part of the grief counselor as well as several other potentially problematic areas: confidentiality; end-of-life issues; dual relationships; challenges posed by unnatural deaths; spiritual and cultural considerations; children's issues; pitfalls of public service; and controversies about the efficacy of grief counseling. In exploring these ethical challenges specific to the domain of grief counseling, case material are utilized to illustrate the complexity of ethical decision-making and to provide a vehicle for exploring alternate conceptual models. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Psychology | Psychotherapy - Counseling - Family & Relationships | Death, Grief, Bereavement - Medical | Ethics |
| Dewey: 174.296 |
| LCCN: 2008050934 |
| Physical Information: 1.1" H x 6.1" W x 9" (1.55 lbs) 440 pages |
| Themes: - Topical - Death/Dying |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Gamino and Ritter do an excellent job of providing cogent advice and helpful suggestions for how professionals can manage ethical dilemmas that arise from the practice of grief counseling. -J. William Worden, PhD, ABPPClinical Psychologist Laguna Niguel, California Author, Grief Counseling and Grief Therapy, 4th Edition (From the Foreword) Essential reading for grief counselors, mental health clinicians, death educators, hospice workers, clergy, funeral directors, and social workers. Grief counselors are confronted daily with a host of serious ethical dilemmas, some so critical that they can drastically change the course of a counselor's practice and career. This practical and authoritative guide serves as a comprehensive handbook for navigating the difficult ethical issues grief counselors confront daily with clients. These include confidentiality, end-of-life issues, intimacies with clients, challenges posed by unnatural deaths, spiritual and cultural considerations, and many more. To tackle these issues head on, Gamino and Ritter present the Five P Model, a customized process for ethical decision-making that will help counselors outline a specific, step-by-step course of action to respond to the ethical dilemma at hand. The book is also rich with case examples, both hypothetical and real-life, to demonstrate how to implement the Five P Model in practice, and apply it to various ethical dilemmas. Among the key topics discussed:
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