Ethics in Rehabilitation: A Clinical Perspective consists primarily of exercises that are based on events which address current issues in health care today. A very important first chapter will take a look at why ethical dilemmas seem so prevalent today, as well as looking at the changing face of rehabilitation practice. The authors look at where our sense of ethics is developed, how ethics are recognized, strategies on addressing dilemmas, and methods for analyzing them.

Features

• A checklist of the most common legal issues occupational therapists face in practice that can be confused with an ethical problem.
• AOTA and APTA Code of Ethics.
• Samples of relevant laws.
• Relevant Medicare regulations.
• Sample Licensure Laws.

Section I: Approaches to Ethical Dilemmas

Chapter 1: Introduction

Chapter 2: Ethics: The Basics

Chapter 3: Legal Issues in Ethical Decision- Making

Chapter 4: Ethics and Managed Care

Chapter 5: Ethics and the Law: The Interface

Chapter 6: Analyzing Ethical Dilemmas

Chapter 7: Avoiding Ethical and Legal Dilemmas 

Section II: Ethical Dilemmas: Practical Approaches

Ethical Dilemmas 

Section III: Ethical Dilemma Worksheets

Ethical Dilemma Worksheets 

Section IV: Appendices

Appendix A: AOTA, APTA, ASHA Code of Ethics

Appendix B: Excerpts from Sample Licensure Laws

Appendix C: Excerpts from Prospective Payment Manual Including Rules in Relation to Group Treatment and Definition of Therapy Time

Appendix D: Federal Statutes Pertaining to Medicare and Medicaid Fraud

Appendix E: Sample Child Abuse Reporting Laws

Appendix F: CHAMPUS Authorized Provider Definition Form and Federal Regulations

Appendix G: Medicare Regulations Definition of Skilled Care in Home Care

Appendix H: Medicare Regulations Definition of Skilled Services in Post-Hospital SNFs

Appendix I: Criminal Penalties for Fraud Against a Federal Health Care Program

Appendix J: Sexual Harassment Information

Appendix K: Independent Contractor Tests and IRS Revenue Ruling

Appendix L: Excerpt from the Health Insurance Manual for Home Health Agencies, HCFA, Fraud, and Abuse

Appendix M: Sample State Law: Prohibited Referrals

Appendix N: Florida Regulations: Use of Aides in Occupational Therapy

Appendix O: Florida Regulations: General Supervision of PTAs and Delegation to Unlicensed Personnel by the PT

Appendix P: Florida Disciplinary Rules for OT, PT, Speech Pathology, and Audiology

Appendix Q: Internet Resources for Additional Information

Appendix R: Bibliography and Additional Sources of Information

Appendix S: A Guide to Disability Right Laws