This book presents today's ethical dilemmas regarding boundary violations; children, adolescents, and families; geriatric populations; involuntary hospitalization; managed care; confidentiality; gifts; duty to report colleagues who engage in fraud or deception; emergency care; forensic psychiatry; and consultations and second opinions.
In this concise book, a dozen doctors contributed chapters to create this compilation of ethical thinking about the most frequently encountered problems in psychiatric ethics. It provides useful advice on how to recognize ethical problems in clinical and administrative settings.