Which of the following is NOT part of informed consent?
A. Using professional terminology
B. Explaining risks related to services
C. Explaining the cost of services
D. Informing the client of how long the consent will last
Informed consent involves:
A. Disclosure of information
B. Clients competence
C. Clients volunteering for treatment
D. All of the above
Which of the following steps would be ethically appropriate when the worker has
knowledge of child abuse in a family she is working with?
A. Confront the family member who is the alleged abuser
B. Report the abuse to CPS anonymously so that there is no damage to the
therapeutic relationship.
C. Help the family member to call CPS themselves
D. Ignore the abuse for the present but try to monitor the situation.
Which of the following is true about confidentiality?
A. Confidentiality is a higher principle than the power of law.
B. More than half of clients leave treatment when they find out that their
therapist broke confidentiality to make a mandated child abuse report.
C. Confidentiality as an ethical principle is based on an oversimplified
practice model that includes only the social worker and the client.
D. The NASW Code of Ethics requires that social workers maintain absolute
confidentiality.C
When the worker is asking the client to consent to the disclosure of confidential
information to a third party, he must inform the client of which of the following?
A. What information will be released
B. Who will receive the information
C. The purpose of releasing the information
D. The consequences of releasing the information
E. All of the above
According to the Tarasoff ruling a therapist must keep confidentiality even when
the client makes a believable threat to kill another person.
Indicate whether the statement is true or false.
The social worker thinks that the client needs to attend parenting classes but is
worried that the client wont agree to go. Instead of saying, Are you willing to
attend parenting classes?, the worker asks Do you want to begin parenting
classes tomorrow or next week? This is an example of forced consent.
Indicate whether the statement is true or false.
Confidentiality refers to the inherent right of every person to decide what, if any,
information about them is shared with others.
Indicate whether the statement is true or false.
In order to give confidential information in court in a state where the social
worker-client relationship has been granted privilege, the social worker must
waive privilege.
Indicate whether the statement is true or false.
Whereas social workers are ethically bound to maintain confidentiality, group
members are free to discuss the personal business of other group members with
family and friends.
Indicate whether the statement is true or false.