“For human therapists, there are governing boards and mechanisms for providers to be held professionally liable for ...

A physician's decision made in the belief it is for the welfare of the patient is a type of nonmaleficence. When nonmaleficence supersedes patient autonomy, the patient may see the physician as acting ...

Ethical dilemmas are important puzzles with no easy answers but are fun to contemplate. Of course, they exist in all forms of counseling, from short-term advising to long-term therapy, from eating ...

In practice when we are faced with an ethical dilemma, we seldom think it through from first principles. We usually draw on existing experience and past judgments. Making a sound ethical judgment is ...

Whenever an ethical dilemma requires ethics committee involvement, there are many sides to the story. In this case, the patient, the physician, and the nurse brought their opinions to the ethics team.

Ethical dilemmas are important puzzles with no easy answers but are fun to contemplate. Of course, they exist in all forms of counseling, from short-term advising to long-term therapy, from eating ...