Complex Ethical Dilemmas in Working with Forensic Populations
Sat, Feb 29
|Tennessee Room, Johnson City Medical Ctr
Forget the Trolley, We're on the Fringe: An Exploration of Complex Ethical Dilemmas in Working with Forensic Populations, with Jill D. Stinson, Ph.D.


Time & Location
Feb 29, 2020, 8:30 AM – 12:15 PM
Tennessee Room, Johnson City Medical Ctr, 400 N State of Franklin Rd, Johnson City, TN 37604, USA
Guests
About The Event
Description of Event and Learning Objectives:
Most ethical dilemmas in a psychologist’s work reflect the broader concerns of the field: alleviating distress, protecting confidentiality, promoting self-improvement, and maintaining integrity in one’s work. Such issues are frequent and potentially straightforward. But sometimes what happens on the fringes of clinical forensic psychology elicits the “textbook” dilemmas that seemingly only exist in suspense thrillers or medical dramas.
What if you – quite literally – know where the bodies are buried?
Is a person on death row who declines chemotherapy for a treatable cancer making a rational decision?
What if your client is low risk, but a high-ranking politician (who funds your position) publicly declares that your client will never be released?