Discussion Post: Ethical Conflicts
A patient under the care of your agency committed suicide, and you are in charge of the adverse incident review of this case. Considering the stakeholders in your agency (clients, providers, management, third-party payers, etc.), what are the potential ethical conflicts that may arise from your role investigating this incident, and what would you do to appropriately discharge your ethical duties?
When you discuss the potential ethical conflicts, provide evidence from the scholarly articles you read for this week and reference specific, relevant ethical standards from the Ethical Standards for Human Services Professionals from the National Organization for Human Services.
The response must include a reference list. Using Times New Roman 12 pnt font, double-space, one-inch margins, and APA style of writing and citations.