Behavioral Health and Medical Ethics Issues: The Appropriate, the Inappropriate, and the Unique

Holly Cox, CRNP
Family Nurse Practitioner
Psychiatric and Mental Health Nurse Practitioner
UPMC

Abstract: During this ECHO, the presenter, a behavioral health specialist, will briefly describe what daily practice entails and the reasons, both appropriate and inappropriate, for being asked to participate in ethics-based discussions. The session will also outline ethical issues that are unique to practices focused on illnesses that have behavioral components.

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Project ECHO (Extension for Community Health Outcomes) on healthcare ethics is offered through the West Virginia Rural Emergency Trauma Institute Inc.