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Code Of Ethics Flashcards

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Beneficence

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Occupational therapy personnel shall demonstrate a concern for the well-being and safety of the recipients of their services

  • actions intended to benefit others
  • provide services in a fair and equitable manner
  • recognize and appreciate cultural components of economics, geography, race, ethnicity, religious, and political factors, marital status, sexual orientation, and disability
  • acts of mercy, kindness, and charity
  • forms include: altruism, love, and humanity
  • requires taking action by helping others, promoting good but preventing harm, and by removing harm

Ex: protecting and defending the rights of os, preventing harm from occurring to others, removing, conditions that will cause harm to others, helping persons with disabilities, and rescuing persons in danger

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The 7 principles

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Beneficence
Nonmaleficence
Autonomy and confidentiality
Social justice
Procedural justice 
Veracity
Fidelity
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Respond to requests for OT services (referral) in a timely manner as determined by law, regulation, or policy

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Beneficence

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Provide appropriate evaluation and a plan of intervention for all recipients of Ot services specific to their needs

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Beneficence

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Reevaluate and reassess recipients of service in a timely manner to determine if goals are being achieved and whether intervention plans should be revised

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Beneficence

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Avoid the inappropriate use of outdated or obsolete tests/assessments or data obtained from such tests in making intervention decisions or recommendations

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Beneficence

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Provide Ot services that are within each practitioners level of competence and scope of practice
(Qualifications, experience, the law)

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Beneficence

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Take responsible steps (continuing education, research, supervision, training) and use careful judgement to ensure their competence and weigh potential for client harm when generally recognized standards do not exist in emerging technology or areas of practice

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Beneficence

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Terminate Ot services in collaboration with the service recipient or responsible party when the needs and goals of the recipient have been met or she services no longer produce a measurable change or outcome

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Beneficence

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Refer to other health care specialists solely on the basis of the needs of the client

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Beneficence

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Provide to education, continuing education, instruction and training that are within the instructors subject area of expertise and level of competence

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Beneficence

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Provide students and employees with info about the Code of Ethics Standards, opportunities to discuses ethical conflicts, and procedures for reporting unresolved ethical conflicts

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Beneficence

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Ensure that Ot research is conducted in accordance with currently accepted ethical guidelines and standards for the protection of research participants and the dissemination of results

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Beneficence

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Report to appropriate authorities in any acts in practice, education, and research that appear unethical or illegal

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Beneficence

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Take responsibility for promoting and practicing Ot on the basis of current knowledge and research and for further developing the professions body of knowledge

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Beneficence

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Use, to the extent possible, evaluation, planning, intervention techniques, and therapeutic equipment that are evidence-based and within the recognized scope of ot practice

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Beneficence

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OT personnel shall intentionally refrain from actions that cause harm

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Nonmaleficence

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OT personnel shall demonstrate a concern for well being and safety of the recipients of their services

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Beneficence

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Nonmaleficence

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Ot personnel shall intentionally refrain from actions that could cause harm

  • grounded in practitioners responsibility to refrain from causing harm, inflicting, injury, of wronging others
  • maintain relationships that do not exploit the recipient of services sexually, physically, emotionally, financially, socially, or in any manner
  • avoid relationships or activities that interfere with professional judgement and objectivity
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Avoid inflicting harm or injury to recipients of Ot services, students, research participants, or employees

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Nonmaleficence

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Make every effort to ensure continuity of services or options for transition to appropriate services to avoid abandoning the service recipient if the current provider is unavailable due to medical or other absence or loss of employment

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Nonmaleficence

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Avoid relationships that exploit the recipient of services, students, employees, research participants that physically, emotionally, psychologically, financially, socially, or any other manner that conflicts or interferes with professional judgement and objectivity

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Nonmaleficence

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Avoid in any sexual relationship or activity with any recipient of service

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Nonmaleficence

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Recognize and take appropriate action to remedy personal problems and limitations that might cause harm to recipients of service, colleagues, students, research participants, or others

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Nonmaleficence

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Avoid any undue influences, alcohol, drugs, that may compromise the provision of ot services, education or research

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Nonmaleficence

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Avoid situations in which a practitioner, educator, researcher, or employer is unable to maintain clear professional boundaries or objectivity to ensure the safety and well being of recipients of services, students, research participants, and employees

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Nonmaleficence

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Maintain awareness of and adhere to the code of ethics standards when participating in volunteer roles

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Nonmaleficence

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Avoid compromising client rights of we’ll being based on arbitrary administrative directives by exercising professional judgement and critical analysis

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Nonmaleficence

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Avoid exploiting any relationship established as an Ot or OTA to further ones own physical, emotional, financial, political, or business interests at the expense of the best interests of recipients of services, students, research participants, employees, or colleagues

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Nonmaleficence

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Avoid participating in bartering for services because of the potential for exploitation and conflict of interest unless there are clearly no contraindications or bartering is a culturally appropriate custom

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Nonmaleficence

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Determine the proportion of risk to benefit for participants in research prior to implementing a study

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Nonmaleficence

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Autonomy and confidentiality

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Occupational therapy personnel shall respect the right of the individual to self determination

  • acknowledges persons right to make choices, hold views, and take actions based on personal values and beliefs
  • collaborate in setting goals and priorities throughout intervention process
  • fully inform recipients of nature, risks, and potential outcomes of any interventions
  • shall obtain informed consent from participants involved in research
  • respect individual rights to refuse services
  • protect all privileged and confidential forms
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Establish a collaborative relationship with recipients of service including families, significant others, and caregivers in setting goals and priorities throughout the intervention process.
Includes full disclosure of benefits, risks, potential outcomes of any interventions
The personnel who will be providing the intervention
And/or any reasonable alternatives to the proposed intervention

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Autonomy and confidentiality

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Obtain consent before administering any ot service, including evaluation, and ensure that recipients of service are kept informed of the progression meeting goals specified in the plan of intervention/care
Or person who is legally responsible for recipient gives consent

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Autonomy and confidentiality

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Respect the recipient of services right to refuse to services temporarily or permanently without negative consequences

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Autonomy and confidentiality

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Provide students with access to accurate information regarding educational requirements and academic policies and procedures relative to the ot program/educational institution

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Autonomy and confidentiality

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Obtain informed consent from participants involved in research activities, and ensure that they understand the benefits, risks, and potential outcomes as a result of their participation as research subjects

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Autonomy and confidentiality

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Respect research participants right to withdraw from a research study without consequences

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Autonomy and confidentiality

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Ensure that confidentiality and the right to privacy are respected and maintained regarding all information obtained about recipients of service, students, research participants, colleagues, or employees
Exception if one is cause harm to self

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Autonomy and confidentiality

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Maintain the confidentiality of all verbal, written, electronic,augmentative, and non verbal communications including compliance with HIPAA regulations

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Autonomy and confidentiality

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Take appropriate steps to facilitate meaningful communication and comprehension in cases in which the recipient of service, student, or research participant has limited ability to communicate

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Autonomy and confidentiality

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Make every effort to facilitate open and collaborative dialogue with clients and or responsible parties to facilitate comprehension of services and their potential risks/benefits

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Autonomy and confidentiality

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Social justice/ Duties

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Ot personnel shall provide services in a fair and equitable manner

  • refers to fair, equitable, and appropriate distribution of resources
  • holds appropriate national and state credentials
  • use procedures that conform to standards of practice
  • critically examine and keep current with emerging knowledge relevant to their practice
  • protect recipients by ensuring duties match those of other OT personnel
  • provide appropriate supervision to other practitioners
  • refer to or consult with other appropriate providers

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