The profession of rehabilitation counseling seeks to provide assistance to individuals who suffer from developmental, emotional, mental, and physical disabilities. These professionals give the support needed for struggling individuals to continue leading fulfilling lives, and maintaining their independence. For a rehabilitation counselor to provide their services with the highest quality, they must complete their duties, all the while pertaining to the appropriate code of ethics. The development of a strong professional identity rests on clear professional standards of practice. Clients need solution-focused, respectful, non-exploitative and empowering, and therefore ethical, relationships with their counselors (Tarvydas, 2004, p. 108). At
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A refusal to deny Jeff this diagnoses could essentially harm him emotionally, as the burden of unemployment will become more cumbersome. A counselor is not just ethically bound to nonmaleficence, but also by morals since “issues that are moral arise when a person’s welfare can be affected by another,” (Fuqua, Gray, and Newman, 1996). Beneficence, very importantly so, holds the counselor accountable for doing all that is possible to assist their patient’s welfare (Davis and Forester-Miller, 1996). Evidently, Jeff’s well-being is the main priority. Deciding to diagnose Jeff would be evidence that counselor is doing everything possible to assist their client. Not diagnosing Jeff would be denying Jeff this chance at …show more content…
These tests include justice, publicity, and universality (Davis and Forester-Miller, 1996). Applying the justice test, is a measurement of the fairness of an action. For instance, this is done by asking oneself whether or not you would treat others in the same way if they too were placed in this situation. Evidently, if I were to ever have a patient in this same situation again, I would treat him the same with no hesitation. Of course, someone who is not at a disadvantage (the way Jeff is) would not be given the same
A refusal to deny Jeff this diagnoses could essentially harm him emotionally, as the burden of unemployment will become more cumbersome. A counselor is not just ethically bound to nonmaleficence, but also by morals since “issues that are moral arise when a person’s welfare can be affected by another,” (Fuqua, Gray, and Newman, 1996). Beneficence, very importantly so, holds the counselor accountable for doing all that is possible to assist their patient’s welfare (Davis and Forester-Miller, 1996). Evidently, Jeff’s well-being is the main priority. Deciding to diagnose Jeff would be evidence that counselor is doing everything possible to assist their client. Not diagnosing Jeff would be denying Jeff this chance at …show more content…
These tests include justice, publicity, and universality (Davis and Forester-Miller, 1996). Applying the justice test, is a measurement of the fairness of an action. For instance, this is done by asking oneself whether or not you would treat others in the same way if they too were placed in this situation. Evidently, if I were to ever have a patient in this same situation again, I would treat him the same with no hesitation. Of course, someone who is not at a disadvantage (the way Jeff is) would not be given the same