● Contraindications: Treating a client when you are sick/ infectious; ignoring signs of conditions that preclude physical contact. ● Informed consent: Working on a minor without parental knowledge; treating someone’s injury without permission. ● Practicing beyond scope of practice: Doing spinal adjustments, massage or counseling without appropriate training. ● Sexual misconduct: Watching a client undress or hugging a client in a sexual way. ● The individual is subject to intimidating, offensive, or hostile environmental elements that interfere with the individual’s ability to work effectively or productively. Sexual harassment, like sexual misconduct, is not defined by any specific sexual interaction between two individuals. Harassment may include the discussion of sexually explicit topics of conversation at a place of business, unnecessary or inappropriate references to specific body parts or functions, and visual depictions of a provocative or offensive nature, such as posters or calendars featuring photos of nude or scantily clad models. Sexual harassment can occur between men and women, women and women, men and men, or any other combination of sexual or gender identity. Sexual harassment may feel humiliating or shameful, making the victim reluctant to report the incident.
● Accessibility: Refusing to adapt your office (or making some reasonable accommodation) for those with physical challenges. ● Bigotry: Refusing to work with someone due to race, religion, size, or sexual orientation. ● Inappropriate advertising: Using a provocative picture in advertising; presenting misleading qualifications. ● Dual relationships: Dating a client. ● Violation of laws: Practicing out of your home, when it is not permitted by law. ● Confidentiality: Name-dropping famous clients; telling a spouse details about his partner’s session. Harassment Harassment is a specific kind of misconduct or boundary violation in which an individual of equal or greater authority is inappropriately familiar with a co-worker or junior employee. Harassment can manifest itself in abusive remarks or behavior, belittling statements and actions, and discussion or commentary of an overly personal or offensive nature. Sexual harassment is abuse of power, typically exercised within the context of work, containing a sexual or gender-specific component. The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission defines sexual harassment as any unwelcome advance, request, verbal statement, or physical conduct of a sexual nature, including visual displays, in which: 6 ● Submission is made a condition of an individual’s employment, either explicitly or implicitly. ● Submission forms the basis for work-related evaluations, such as decisions regarding employment benefits or advancement. Reporting misconduct If you believe another practitioner is acting unethically or illegally, you have a responsibility to report it. Contact your state board, the certifying organization (NCBTMB, AMTA, etc.), or the Agency for Healthcare Administration (AHCA) to file a complaint. The AHCA is responsible for analyzing References 1. Hippocratic Oath translation discussed at http://www.geocities.com/ever wild7/ noharm.html 2. MIA Professional and Ethics Seminar (Manitoba) June 9, 2002 3. The Ethics of Touch [Benjamin and Sohnen-Moe, 2003] 4. http://classics.mit.edu/Hippocrates/hippooath.html 5. The Ethics of Touch, Benjamin, Ben E. and Sohnen-Moe, Cheree, 2003] 6. http://www.eeoc.gov/types/sexual_harassment.html 7. www.doh.state.fl.us/mqa/massage/ma_home.html. Saturday, August 3, 2003 8. NCBTMB Consumer Survey. Harris Interactive, October 2001. Complete survey questions/results are available on line at http://wwwncbtmb.com/Press_releases/ SurveyResults.html:citation at: www.massagetoday.com/archives/2001/12//02.html 9. www.cbsmalpractice.com/report/articles/ jul 1801.htm Monday, July 21, 2003 (CBS Malpractice Report: “Tips for Better Record Keeping”) 10. Quintrell, N 1994, Communication Skills: Pharmaceutical Society of Australia, Canberra. 11. http://www.ncbtmb.com/standards_of_practice.html 12. http://www.ethics.va.gov/ETHICS/docs/necrpts/NEC_Report_20030701_Ethical_ Boundaries_Pt-Clinician_Relationship.pdf 13. http://www.hhs.gov/ohrp/humansubjects/guidance/belmont.htm#xbasic 14. President’s Commission for the Study of Ethical Problems in Medicine and Biomedical and Behavioral Research, Making Health Care Decisions. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1983. 15. http://www.nida.nih.gov/Infofacts/understand.html 16. About Massage, Bodywork, and Somatic Therapies, Associated Bodywork and Massage Professionals (ABMP) Professional code of Ethics, 2003. 17. Alternative Therapies: Journal of Alternative Therapies in Health and Medicine 18. American Massage Therapy Association; AMTA Massage: Definition of Massage, Code of Ethics, 2003 19. Ashton, Joseph, and Cassel, Duke, Review for Therapeutic Massage and Bodywork Certification, Lippincott, Williams &Wilkins, Baltimore, Maryland, 2002. 20. Beck, Mark F., Miladys Theory and Practice of Therapeutic Massage, 3rd edition, Milady Publishing Company, Albany, NY, 1999. 21. Benjamin, Ben E., and Sohnen-Moe, Cheree, The Ethics of Touch, SMA Inc, 2003. 22. Burnum JF. Preventability of adverse drug reactions. Ann Intern Med 1976;85(1):80-1. 23. Calvert, Robert Noah, The History of Massage, Healing Arts Press: Rochester, Vermont, 2002. 24. Cohen-Horwitz, B. (1991). The nurse as defendant. Trial Lawyer 14(8):39-47. 25. Commonwealth Department of Human Services and Health. Review of professional indemnity arrangements for health care professionals. In: Compensation and Professional Indemnity in Health care: A Final Report. Australian Government Publishing Service, Canberra. November 1995. 26. Consumers Guide to Therapeutic Massage and Bodywork, National Certification Board for Therapeutic Massage and Bodywork (NCBTMB) 27. Consumer Survey Fact Sheet, 2003 Massage Therapy, report commissioned by the American Massage Therapy Association, Survey was conducted August 2003. www. amta.massage.org 28. Fritz, Sandy, Mosbys Fundamentals of Therapeutic Massage, Mosby Inc., Second Edition, 2000.
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