Resolving Value Conflicts With Physician-Assisted Death: A Systemic Application of the Counselor Values-Based Conflict Model
Counselors are becoming more involved with clients pursuing physician-assisted death (PAD) as legislation for legalization increases. PAD may present complex values-based conflicts that can challenge counselors to maintain ethical practice in counseling. When conflicts arise, counselors must engage...
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Published in | The Professional Counselor (Greensboro, N.C.) Vol. 8; no. 3; pp. 249 - 261 |
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Main Authors | , |
Format | Journal Article |
Language | English |
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Greensboro
National Board for Certified Counselors
01.10.2018
National Board for Certified Counselors (NBCC) National Board for Certified Counselors, Inc |
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Summary: | Counselors are becoming more involved with clients pursuing physician-assisted death (PAD) as legislation for legalization increases. PAD may present complex values-based conflicts that can challenge counselors to maintain ethical practice in counseling. When conflicts arise, counselors must engage in ethical decision making that considers systemic influences on personally held beliefs and values. The authors merge ecological systems theory with the counselor values-based conflict model to offer a holistic approach to resolving values-based conflicts surrounding PAD. In this article, the authors review PAD and counselors' roles in the hastened death process, discuss sources and impacts of personal and professional values through an ecological systems lens, and provide an applied method of managing values-based conflicts with PAD through a case illustration.Keywords: physician-assisted death, hastened death, values-based conflict, ethical decision making, ecological systems |
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ISSN: | 2164-3989 2164-3989 |
DOI: | 10.15241/net.8.3.249 |