SOWK 270 FINAL QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
Informed Consent consists of 3 elements - Answers - Disclosure of information,
Voluntariness including the absence of coercion, Competence of capability to make a
decision
The things to avoid with informed consent - Answers - intentionally or unintentionally
deceiving the client about the nature of intervention, and depriving the client the
freedom to make fully informed choices about what to do or whether he or she wishes to
participate
Gert and others view valid and informed consent as - Answers - The social worker has a
moral requirement to provide adequate information about treatment to the client, The
social worker should not coerce clients into consenting, The social worker must assess
the client's competence prior to using the intervention to which the client consented.
Competence, Rationality, & Informed Consent - Answers - An individual is determined
competent to make a rational choice if she does not have a cognitive disability that
prevents: 1. Understanding, 2. Appreciating relevant information about what is to occur,
3. Coordinating that information with her own values, or 4. not be currently suffering
from a volitional disability, such as an extreme phobia, that is interfering with rational
decision making.
Coercive Environments & Informed Consent - Answers - The owner represents either a
1. barrier to some desired good from the client's perspective or 2. a threat of some
variety or harms to the client's life, such as deprivation of freedom or pleasure or pain.
Morality Framework: Step 1 part 1 - Answers - What moral rules would be violated?
Morality Framework: Step 1 part 2 - Answers - What harms would be
caused/violated/prevented?
Morality Framework: Step 1 part 3 - Answers - What are the relevant desires/beliefs of
the person toward whom the rule is being violated?
Morality Framework: Step 1 part 4 - Answers - Is the relationship between the person
toward whom the rule is being violated and the person doing the violation such that the
person violating the rule sometimes has a duty to violate the moral rules without
consent?
Morality Framework: Step 1 part 5 - Answers - What goods are being promoted by the
violation?
Morality Framework: Step 1 part 6 - Answers - Is the rule being violated in order to
prevent another from violating moral rules without justification?
Informed Consent consists of 3 elements - Answers - Disclosure of information,
Voluntariness including the absence of coercion, Competence of capability to make a
decision
The things to avoid with informed consent - Answers - intentionally or unintentionally
deceiving the client about the nature of intervention, and depriving the client the
freedom to make fully informed choices about what to do or whether he or she wishes to
participate
Gert and others view valid and informed consent as - Answers - The social worker has a
moral requirement to provide adequate information about treatment to the client, The
social worker should not coerce clients into consenting, The social worker must assess
the client's competence prior to using the intervention to which the client consented.
Competence, Rationality, & Informed Consent - Answers - An individual is determined
competent to make a rational choice if she does not have a cognitive disability that
prevents: 1. Understanding, 2. Appreciating relevant information about what is to occur,
3. Coordinating that information with her own values, or 4. not be currently suffering
from a volitional disability, such as an extreme phobia, that is interfering with rational
decision making.
Coercive Environments & Informed Consent - Answers - The owner represents either a
1. barrier to some desired good from the client's perspective or 2. a threat of some
variety or harms to the client's life, such as deprivation of freedom or pleasure or pain.
Morality Framework: Step 1 part 1 - Answers - What moral rules would be violated?
Morality Framework: Step 1 part 2 - Answers - What harms would be
caused/violated/prevented?
Morality Framework: Step 1 part 3 - Answers - What are the relevant desires/beliefs of
the person toward whom the rule is being violated?
Morality Framework: Step 1 part 4 - Answers - Is the relationship between the person
toward whom the rule is being violated and the person doing the violation such that the
person violating the rule sometimes has a duty to violate the moral rules without
consent?
Morality Framework: Step 1 part 5 - Answers - What goods are being promoted by the
violation?
Morality Framework: Step 1 part 6 - Answers - Is the rule being violated in order to
prevent another from violating moral rules without justification?
