Ethical standards and practices in human services and health care for LGBT elders

Pamela B. Teaster; Amanda E. Sokan

doi:10.1007/978-3-319-03623-6_34

Ethical standards and practices in human services and health care for LGBT elders

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Understanding and working with a population as diverse as LGBT elders is not possible without a grounding in ethics and its application to real-world problems faced by the older adults and their families. Principles of autonomy, beneficence, nonmaleficence, justice, fidelity, and veracity are critical for professionals to understand when confronting dilemmas that LGBT elders face. In this chapter, the authors use a case study to illustrate a real-world example of ethical and moral action. The purpose of this chapter is to provide a grounding in ethical principles and frameworks, as well as discuss pertinent codes of ethics, in order to make the case that an understanding of ethics is essential when dealing with the complex dilemmas that LGBT elders face.

Original language	English (US)
Title of host publication	Handbook of LGBT Elders
Subtitle of host publication	An Interdisciplinary Approach to Principles, Practices, and Policies
Publisher	Springer International Publishing
Pages	639-655
Number of pages	17
ISBN (Electronic)	9783319036236
ISBN (Print)	9783319036229
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-03623-6_34
State	Published - Jan 1 2016
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

Autonomy
Beneficence
Codes of ethics
Fidelity
Justice
Nonmaleficence
Veracity

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Social Sciences(all)
Medicine(all)
Psychology(all)

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