Thinking,Doing, and the Ethics of Family Therapy |
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| Authors: | Stephen Scher Kasia Kozlowska |
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| Affiliation: | 1. Department of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School , Boston , Massachusetts , USA;2. McLean Hospital , Belmont , Massachusetts , USA;3. Discipline of Psychiatry, Sydney Medical School , Sydney , Australia;4. Psychological Medicine, The Children's Hospital at Westmead , Westmead , Australia;5. Brain Dynamics Centre at Westmead Hospital , Westmead , Australia |
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| Abstract: | In this article, we examine how family therapists develop their capacity to make ethical decisions in clinical practice. We present an approach to clinical ethics that builds upon, and integrates the central features of, professional training and development in family therapy itself. We also explore the similarities and differences between the theoretical, top-down approach of bioethics, with its emphasis on “principled decision making,” and the clinical, pragmatic, bottom-up approach discussed here. |
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