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This study describes an innovative tool developed by the Regional Capacity Assessment Team (RCAT) to assess unique psychosocial factors related to capacity evaluations. Capacity is a socio-legal construct entailing the ability to understand choices, appreciate consequences and follow through (or direct a surrogate) with chosen options. RCAT's targeted psychosocial assessment includes medico-legal factors, social history and supports, coping skills, religious/cultural factors and risk of abuse. RCAT completes the psychosocial assessment to determine whether a full capacity assessment is required (referral disposition) and to determine the impact of an adult's social functioning on their decision-making capacity (capacity determination). RCAT's psychosocial assessment protocol was developed after a comprehensive literature review of capacity assessment and incorporates recommended practices in geriatric social work and psychology. This study will synthesise the pertinent literature, discuss cultural interviewing processes significant to capacity, caregiver assessment and describe the tool itself. Suggestions for future research and appropriate implementation of this tool are provided. 相似文献
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Byron Newberry Katherine Austin William Lawson Greta Gorsuch Thomas Darwin 《Science and engineering ethics》2011,17(1):171-194
This article describes the education portion of an ongoing grant-sponsored education and research project designed to help
graduate students in all engineering disciplines learn about the basic ethical principles, rules, and obligations associated
with engineering practice in the United States. While the curriculum developed for this project is used for both domestic
and international students, the educational materials were designed to be sensitive to the specific needs of international
graduate students. In recent years, engineering programs in the United States have sought to develop a larger role for professional
ethics education in the curriculum. Accreditation requirements, as well as pressures from the private sector, have helped
facilitate this shift in focus. Almost half of all engineering graduate students in the U.S. are international students. Further,
research indicates that the majority of these students will remain in the U.S. to work post-graduation. It is therefore in
the interest of the profession that these students, coming from diverse backgrounds, receive some formal exposure to the professional
and ethical expectations and norms of the engineering profession in the United States to help ensure that they have the knowledge
and skills—non-technical as well as technical—required in today’s engineering profession. In becoming acculturated to professional
norms in a host country, international students face challenges that domestic students do not encounter; such as cultural
competency, language proficiency, and acculturation stress. Mitigating these challenges must be a consideration in the development
of any effective education materials. The present article discusses the project rationale and describes the development of
on-line instructional materials aimed at helping international engineering graduate students acclimate to professional engineering
ethics standards in the United States. Finally, a brief data summary of students’ perceptions of the usefulness of the content
and instructional interface is provided to demonstrate the initial effectiveness of the materials and to present a case for
project sustainability. 相似文献