Providing mental health services at what price? Ethical issues and dilemmas for social workers practicing in a managed care environment

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

1-1-2000

Abstract

The advent of managed care has raised many ethical issues for social workers. These issues relate to social workers’ ethical responsibilities to their clients in the areas of self-determination, informed consent, competence, conflicts of interest, privacy and confidentiality, and the interruption and termination of services. Using the newly revised Code of Ethics of the National Association of Social Workers as a basis for discussion, this article identifies the issues and dilemmas facing social workers delivering services in a managed care environment. Formal and informal safeguards are provided for practitioners which will help them avoid ethical violations while protecting the integrity of their mental health treatment.

Identifier

0034125495 (Scopus)

Publication Title

Critical Strategies Psychotherapy in Managed Care

External Full Text Location

https://doi.org/10.1300/J271v01n01_09

ISSN

15228924

First Page

87

Last Page

104

Issue

1

Volume

1

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