101797: A Conceptual Framework for Considering Informed Consent

About the Course:

Practice research finds that many practitioners do not regularly provide clients with full informed consent (Burkemper, 2004); that biases influence social workers’ judgment of competency and the nature of information disclosed (Palmer & Kaufman, 2003; Zayas, Cabassa, & Perez, 2005); and that violations relating to informed consent were among the ten most common complaints against social workers between 1986 and 1997 (Strom-Gottfried, 2003). An additional concern, one not adequately addressed in the literature, concerns the information disclosed to clients about the efficacy of interventions.

Journal/Publisher:

The Journal of Social Work Values and Ethics

Publication Date:

Fall 2009, Vol. 6, No. 3

Authors

Laura E. Kaplan, LCSW, PhD; Valerie Bryan, MSW, PhD

Recommended For:

This course is recommended for health care professionals, especially psychologists, counselors, social workers, and nurses who seek knowledge about client confidentiality and informed consent. It is appropriate for all levels of participants’ knowledge.

Course Objectives:

1. Identify areas commonly neglected by professionals providing informed consent.

2. Define common morality and describe how its addition to social work education would improve the provision of informed consent.