Ethical Practices with Older Adults, Revised Updated 1st Ed

Course overview

Advances in medical technologies are leading to increasingly complex end-of-life choices. This introductory-level course presents ethical issues that may confront behavioral health and healthcare professionals working with older adults, and their families, as these individuals near the end of life. As healthcare professionals work to address the medical and economic challenges of a rapidly aging population, advances in technology are leading to increasingly complex end-of-life choices. This basic-level course presents ethical issues that may confront occupational therapists and other healthcare professionals working with older adults and their families as these individuals near the end of life. The course identifies some of the major ethical issues concerning older adults and healthcare decisions and provides the framework and set of principles used to address ethical dilemmas in healthcare settings. This course includes relevant material from the AOTA, APTA, NASW, APA, ACA, and ANA codes of ethics for clarification on the various professions' principles.