A Student Intern in an Agency Helps a Homeless Client

question 20

Multiple Choice

A student intern in an agency helps a homeless client find a place to stay overnight and goes with that client to make sure that they can get in. The supervisor feels that this behavior is inappropriate and allows the client to get too close to the counselor. The supervisor feels that this is a violation of boundaries. The student's professor feels that the student made the right decision. The conflict between supervisor and professor's beliefs represents which of the following two key ethical issues?

• A) informed consent vs. competence (boundaries)
• B) confidentiality vs. competence (boundaries)
• C) power vs. social justice
• D) social justice vs. competence (boundaries)

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Definitions:

Economic Cost

Economic cost refers to the total expenses incurred in the production of a good or service, including both explicit (monetary payments) and implicit (opportunity costs) components.

Billions

A numerical value representing one thousand million (1,000,000,000) or, in the British system, one million million (1,000,000,000,000).

Inpatient Program

A medical care plan that requires a patient to be admitted to a hospital or clinic for treatment that cannot be provided on an outpatient basis.

Length of Stay

The duration of time spent in a hospital, facility, or program, often used as a measure of healthcare efficiency and patient recovery.