Legal and Ethical Considerations for Mental Health Professionals Related to End-of-life Care and Decision Making

This article reviews legal and ethical considerations that mental health professionals will want to consider when being involved with people who are considering end-of-life care options and making end-of-life decisions. The author discusses legal issues (case law and state statutes), ethical issues (professional codes of ethics, ethical metaprinciples, cultural considerations, and ethical decision-making models), and standards of care (attitudes of mental health professionals, positions of large national mental health professional associations, and acceptable actions in end-of-life situations) related to end-of-life care and decision making

End-of-life care · Engineering ethics · Ethical decision · Ethical issues · Health care · Mental health · Mental health care · Palliative care · Political science · Psychiatry · Statute · Ethics in medical practice · Healthcare Decision-Making and Restraints · Law · Medicine · Nursing · Patient Dignity and Privacy · Psychology · Social Psychology

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