## Abstract Mental health professionals practicing in rural areas face ethical dilemmas different from those experienced by their urban counterparts and may find that the existing ethics literature and American Psychological Association (APA, 2002) ethics code not particularly helpful. We highlight
Ethical Challenges in the Treatment of Traumatized Refugees
β Scribed by Spencer Eth
- Publisher
- Springer
- Year
- 1992
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 466 KB
- Volume
- 5
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0894-9867
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β¦ Synopsis
The psychological plight of the large numbers of children and families who have immigrated to new Ianh has received increased professional attention. Among the multiple challenges confronting therapists who work with refugees, there is a growing need to be sensitive to ethical concerns unique to thispopulation. This article addresses three representative ethical issues encountered in clinical work wirh traumatized refugees: the problem of informed consent, the resolution of conflicting cultural values, and the survivor's search for the meaninn of inhumanity.
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