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Case Study: Ethical Consultation Courtney Bullman
Grand Canyon University
Dr. Shelley Evans
November 8, 2023
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Case Study: Ethical Consultation The importance of ethics in psychology has been shown to us in many aspects throughout
this course. There are many different situations in which psychologists must decide if a decision is ethical. The situation that Dr. Jamison is in during this case study is certainly one that has to be
questioned whether or not it is ethical. The first part of this situation is doctor and patient confidentiality. There are rules and policies about doctor and patient confidentiality to protect the
patient's identity, along with any treatment they may receive. Dr. Jamison's new employer asking
her previous employer to "solicit" testimonials from these former clients could be a breach in confidentiality. If any personal information is included about these clients, there could be an ethics violation. It is not disclosed what personal information is being shared, however it does not change the fact that it is breaking confidentiality. This is someone's life, personal stories, trauma, etc. being shared in order to gain more clients. This is not good practice for psychologists, and should be avoided to keep up a good reputation and rapport with clients. This employer is attempting to use Dr. Jamison’s previous work as though she had done it all with this new employer. Code 4.07 within the Code of Ethics states "psychologists do not disclose in their writings, lectures, or other public media, confidential, personally identifiable information concerning their clients/patients, students, research participants, organizational clients, or other recipients of their services that they obtained during their work, unless (1) they take reasonable steps to disguise the person or organization, (2) the person or organization has consented in writing, or (3) there is legal authorization for doing so" (Fisher, 2017). We aren’t given the information about if the former clients gave consent to using their identifying information, but if they didn't this could also result in legal action being taken. Although, any identifiable information could have been left out, or names if they did not want their story to be
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shared. "Human beings tend to arrange information about other people and their actions in a story format (Chang, 2009) such that they would understand a narrative message be referring to the structure and casual relationship of known narratives". (Rodger, 2012). I believe that Dr. Jamison could do two things in this situation. One thing Dr. Jamison could do is to make sure any data given would be made confidential, and continuously look on the website to make sure no personal identifying data is put on the website. Another option could
be to not ask them at all. This way Dr. Jamison could build up over time and speak to the patient personally to gain consent and ensure the process is done ethically. Advertisement through social
media or website can be extremely beneficial for psychologists, but it must be done ethically. Mental health should not be manipulated because the field of psychology touches on sensitive topics with a vulnerable population, where there is no room for mistakes or breaking trust.
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References:
Fisher, C. (2022).
Decoding the ethics code: A practical guide for psychologists
. (5th ed.). Sage Publications. ISBN-13: 9781544362717
Rodgers, S., & Thorson, E. (Eds.). (2012). Advertising theory. Taylor & Francis Group.