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The Ethics Committees of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and the American Psychiatric Association: history, process, education, and advocacy.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  18036488     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
The American Psychiatric Association (APA) and the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (AACAP) are the primary organizational embodiments of the specialties of, respectively, general psychiatry and child and adolescent psychiatry in the United States. Professional organizations set guidelines and standards for the expected behaviors of their members. To those ends, ethics committees were established by both the APA and the AACAP. This article describes how each of these organizations, via their committees, produced codes of ethics, and continuously provide relevant educational materials and advocacy efforts. It also reviews the APA ethics committee's responsibility for the evaluation of ethical complaints lodged against members. In closing, the article examines ethical dilemmas lurking on the horizon, beginning to be faced by the specialties and thus likely to be addressed by the committees.
Authors:
Adrian N Sondheimer; William M Klykylo; ;
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Journal Article    
Journal Detail:
Title:  Child and adolescent psychiatric clinics of North America     Volume:  17     ISSN:  1056-4993     ISO Abbreviation:  Child Adolesc Psychiatr Clin N Am     Publication Date:  2008 Jan 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2007-11-26     Completed Date:  2008-03-19     Revised Date:  -    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  9313451     Medline TA:  Child Adolesc Psychiatr Clin N Am     Country:  United States    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  225-36, xi-xii     Citation Subset:  IM    
Affiliation:
Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, UMDNJ-New Jersey Medical School, BHSB Room 1416, 183 South Orange Avenue, Newark, NJ 07103, USA. adriansondheimer@aol.com
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Adolescent
Adolescent Psychiatry / education,  ethics*
Child
Child Psychiatry / education,  ethics*
Clinical Competence
Ethics Committees / ethics*
Ethics, Medical / education*
Humans
Malpractice
Societies, Medical*
United States

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