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Ethics In Medical Settings For Behavioral Health Practitioners - Test
by William W. Deardorff, Ph.D., ABPP

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1. The practice of clinical health psychology brings with it unique ethical issues because: Help
it is more complicated than any other area of practice
 of prescription privileges for psychologists
 of the special settings and patient populations encountered
 it is the oldest and most well established field of psychological practice
2. The 2002 revision of the Ethics Code resulted in many changes including: Help
eliminating the prohibition that prevents psychologist from releasing raw test data to individuals who are not qualified to used them
 adding prescription privileges for psychologists
 removing the prohibition of sex with current patients
 prohibiting therapy over the Internet
3. Being aware of one's boundaries of competence is especially important in the treatment of psychophysiological disorders because: Help
the treatment may not be covered by the patient's insurance
 there are often clearly specified and empirically validated treatment approaches
these conditions are not treated by psychologists
 most of these conditions resolve on their own with or without treatment
4. ____________ is the human experience of sickness and is influenced by interpersonal, social and cultural variables. Help
Disease
 Illness
 Sickness
 Suffering
5. In psychological assessment with medical patients, the psychologist must be acutely aware of: Help
using the proper standardization data for medical patients when available
 differences in test interpretation with a medical-surgical patient population versus a psychiatric population
 protecting the raw data from those not qualified to interpret it
 1 and 2
6. One of the major concerns relative to computer based test interpretation (CBTI) is: Help
the validity of the interpretations inferred from test results
 the cost of the interpretative service
 that it be available for use by non-psychologists
 length of the interpretive report
7. Williams and Weed (2004) sent the same MMPI-2 results to six different interpretive services and found that: Help
"The CBTI services were completely unreliable and invalid"
"The results for the CBTI were remarkably consistent"
 "Among the CBTI reports, interpretative differences for the sample case were striking"
 "Among the CBTI report, the interpretative differences for the sample case were negligible"
8. The psychologist working in a medical setting may be at increased risk for a harmful dual relationship because: Help
of frequent interactions with professionals who are bound by a different ethical code
 of a lack of ethical guidelines applicable to this work setting
 of the type of work involved in treating medical patients
 the patient may think he or she is a physician
9. According to Reid (1998), if a treating clinician becomes an expert witness, a harmful dual relationship may occur due to all of the following except: Help
a treatment relationship creates an ethical and legal obligation to act in the best interest of the patient, while forensic testimony requires objectivity
 the clinician may have a personal affinity for the patient's viewpoint creating a danger of intentional bias
 the clinician will have greater insight about his or her patient allowing for more accurate expert testimony
the clinician's role is not forensic and his or her testimony will be open to manipulation by the attorneys
10. It is unethical for a clinical health psychologist to treat a patient who is already in psychotherapy for other issues. Help
True
 False
11. According to Zerubavel (1980), in interacting with the medical hospital system, the clinical health psychologist must be aware of: Help
acquiescing to the medical system
 bureaucratization of responsibility
 harmful dual relationships
 false advertising for services
12. Special confidentiality issues in clinical health psychology include: Help
providing information to the referral source
 charting treatment notes in a more circulated medical record versus a less available psychological record
 releasing medical records that contain psychological treatment notes to an outside source
 All of the above
13. Clinical health psychologists may be involved in several aspects of informed consent in medical settings including all of the following except: Help
helping the physician to explore the patient's health belief model about aspects of treatment and determining the extent of the patient's understanding or possible misconceptions
 working with patients to encourage behaviors that will increase the likelihood of "true" informed consent
helping patients deal with the increase in feelings of uncertainty about treatment, which often occur after explicit informed-consent procedures are carried out
 consenting for the patient when he or she is not capable
14. The clinical health psychologist can facilitate the informed consent process by: Help
checking the readability and comprehensibility of informed consent forms.
using a semi-structured discussion of informed consent issues to help insure that major issues are covered within the first few sessions
 asking the patient to recall his or her understanding of the informed consent information to test for comprehension.
all of the above
15. If a patient does not benefit from clinical health psychology treatment after a reasonable trial, the psychologist is ethically mandated to: Help
terminate the treatment and to help with an appropriate referral
 keep trying until the patient's physician says to stop
 send the patient to another, more experienced clinical health psychologist
 all of the above
16. E-therapy has been specifically addressed in the 2002 APA Ethics Code. Help
True
 False
17. Using E-therapy in the practice of clinical health psychology is especially difficult because: Help
there is no opportunity to collaborate with the patient's physician
 there is no opportunity to review background medical records
 the patient has no anonymity
 1 and 2
18. There are several potential ethical and legal pitfalls in the practice of E-therapy including all of the following except: Help
clinician availability in an emergency
 providing access to underserved areas
 practicing below the standard of care
 practicing across state lines

 

 

  
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