Ethical Decision Making of Occupational Therapists: Assignment | Answers

Running head: ETHICAL DECISION MAKING OF OCCUPATIONAL THERAPIST
Ethical Decision Making of Occupational Therapists
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ETHICAL DECISION MAKING OF OCCUPATIONAL THERAPIST1
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Answer 1:
Gabriella Suarez, a two and a half-year-old girl after spending three months in acute
rehabilitation for embolic CVA was waiting for medical clearance for intaking food by
mouth; I work as an early intervention occupational therapist assistant for the Suarez family.
One afternoon I, observed that Gabrielle's mother was feeding her a cookie which is an
ethical problem so I must follow "The American Occupational Therapy Association (AOTA)
Occupational Therapy Code of Ethics and Ethics Standards (2010)". The principles that I
chose were -Beneficence, autonomy and confidentiality to perform according to the interest
of the family for the best outcome. I spoke to Gabriele's mother to show my concern about
the child's safety and involve her in shared decision making. While taking such a decision I
followed the ethical decision-making process considering the fundamental checklist
according to which a therapist should respect the patient and family's decision to ensure
autonomy (VanderKaay et al.,2018). Decision-making process is also dependent on clinical
reasoning where a therapist must consider factors like socio-cultural situations including the
client and family's beliefs to provide knowledge on circumstances that may arise at the time
of moral distress (Shafaroodi et al., 2014).
Answer 2
To justify the course of the action to the supervisor, I must relate the decision-making
process to the code of ethics (Coto.org., 2020). The framework that is made consciously by
me include –stating the situation that made me think about the practical alternatives to ensure
caring reaction towards Gabriele while maintaining the fidelity of my profession, then