Looks at the ethical theory as it applies to the above issues, as well as some common myths and misperceptions about the law, medicine, and the ethics regarding death. Discuss ideas, issues, and language in the ethics of health care. Provide a model to use in analyzing bioethical issues using case studies as a learning too. An examination of the effects of chemical abuse on the family system. Included are the roles family members assume to accommodate the chemically dependent person, and the financial and emotional costs to the entire family.
Special attention is given to intervention and other treatment approaches.
Topics to include interviewing and questioning techniques, client observation and influencing skills, and ethics. Special emphasis is given to confrontation techniques which can help break through the denial system of patients and help determine sound treatment plans. Upper-division or graduate standing. Discussing medical practices other than allopathic medicine. Examples include Chinese and Indian medicine, guided imagery, naturopathy, and message therapy.