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Planned & Unplanned Terminations:
Ethical Pitfalls With Clinical Endings
Mary Alice Fisher, Ph.D.
Monday, November 8, 2010 - Hilton Garden Inn, Innsbrook, Richmond VA - 3CEs

  I. Beginnings: How Do They Affect Endings?
   

A. Understandings From the Initial Interview
B. Understandings From the Informed Consent Documents

       
  II. Ethical Standards About Termination
       
  III. Legal Regulations About Termination
       
 

IV. Post-Termination Relationships: Ethical & Legal Standards

       
  V. Preparing For Endings: Forethought and Planning
    A. Planned Terminations
       
   

B. Premature or Unexpected Terminations

      Patient-Initiated
Therapist-Initiated
     

 

    C. Therapist Absences
       
    D. Importance of Pre-Planning
     

Choosing a Professional Executor
Preparing a Professional "Will"

Educational Goals:
(a) Describe how clinical beginnings can affect clinical endings.
(b) List some of the ethical and legal implications of how terminations are handled.
(c) Describe how forethought and planning can help avoid ethical pitfalls with endings.

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