{"title":"Frederic G. Reamer","description":"\u003cp\u003eFrederic G. Reamer's works delve into the complex ethical landscape of social work and behavioural health professions. His books offer insightful analysis on boundary issues, dual relationships, and risk management, providing essential guidance for professionals committed to ethical practice.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eReaders can expect a thoughtful exploration of social work values and ethics, presented with clarity and depth. Reamer’s writings serve as a vital resource for educators and practitioners seeking to navigate the challenges of professional conduct in human services.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"risk-management-in-the-behavioral-health-professions-by-frederic-g-reamer-9780231208314","title":"Risk Management in the Behavioral Health Professions","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eRisk Management in the Behavioral Health Professions\u003c\/i\u003e is a comprehensive handbook for mental health and social service providers on the prevention of malpractice lawsuits and licensing-board complaints. Frederic G. Reamer draws on his extensive firsthand experience as an expert witness in litigation and licensing-board cases throughout the United States to give readers an insider's view of practical risk-management strategies. He provides in-depth discussion of common risk areas and steps practitioners can take to protect clients and themselves.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eKey topics include confidentiality and privileged communication; service delivery, including informed consent, assessment, boundary issues, suicide risk management, and use of technology; impaired practitioners; supervision and consultation; documentation; deception and fraud; and interruption and termination of services. Reamer offers pragmatic advice about how to respond to a lawsuit or licensing-board complaint. He emphasizes the challenges and risks related to remote service provision, especially during public health crises and pandemics. The book includes sample risk-management forms and templates as well as extensive case examples that illustrate fundamental risk-management concepts.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eDesigned for behavioural health professionals including social workers, psychologists, mental health counsellors, marriage and family therapists, psychiatrists, and substance use disorder treatment counsellors, this book is an indispensable resource on how to navigate challenging ethics and risk-management issues.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47461342052588,"sku":"9780231208314","price":75.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9780231208314-risk-management-in-the-behavioral-health-professions.jpg?v=1774965827"},{"product_id":"boundary-issues-and-dual-relationships-in-the-human-services-by-frederic-g-reamer-9780231194037","title":"Boundary Issues and Dual Relationships in the Human Services","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eShould a therapist disclose personal information to a client, accept a client's gift, or provide a former client with a job? Is it appropriate to exchange e-mail or text messages with clients or correspond with them on social networking websites? Some acts, such as initiating a sexual relationship with a client, are clearly prohibited, yet what about more subtle interactions, such as hugging or accepting invitations to a social event? Is maintaining a friendship with a former client or a client's relative a conflict of interest?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eFrederic G. Reamer offers a frank analysis of a range of boundary issues that human-service practitioners may confront. He confronts the ethics of intimate relationships with clients and former clients, the healthy parameters of practitioners' self-disclosure, the giving and receiving of gifts and favours, and the unavoidable and unanticipated circumstances of social encounters and geographical proximity. With case studies addressing challenges in the mental health field, school contexts, child welfare, addiction programs, home health care, elder services, and prison, rural, and military settings, Reamer offers effective, practical risk-management models that prevent problems and help balance dual relationships.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eSince the publication of the previous edition of \u003cem\u003eBoundary Issues and Dual Relationships in the Human Services\u003c\/em\u003e in 2012, digital technology has transformed how human-service professionals deliver services to clients. This third edition brings the book up to date, adding discussion of the ways in which practitioners' online communications and technology-based relationships with clients can violate ethical standards and providing practical advice for how to resolve boundary issues.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47470185447660,"sku":"9780231194037","price":66.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9780231194037-boundary-issues-and-dual-relationships-in-the-human-services.jpg?v=1775213113"},{"product_id":"social-work-values-and-ethics-by-frederic-g-reamer-9780231214438","title":"Social Work Values and Ethics","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFor decades, teachers and practitioners have turned to Frederic G. 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