Gender-Affirming Care: Ethical Issues and Responses
Course: #2347Level: Intermediate 1 Hour 243 Reviews
Various states have passed laws restricting access to gender-affirming medical care, including hormone blockers, hormone treatment, and gender-affirming surgery for youth and adults. Participants will learn the impact of these laws on social workers and their clients, including ethical issues related to access to service, consent/assent, honesty/integrity, record keeping, respect, legal compliance, advocacy, cultural humility, and social justice. Participants will learn how to navigate these issues by applying a framework for managing ethical issues to case studies involving transgender and gender-diverse clients affected by these laws.
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Course Type: Video
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Learning Outcomes
- After this course, participants will be able to describe how recent laws restricting access to gender-affirming care affect transgender and gender-diverse minors and adults.
- After this course, participants will be able to analyze ethical dilemmas related to legislative restrictions to gender-affirming care in relation to the principles of beneficence, nonmaleficence, autonomy, justice, integrity, consent/assent, and cultural humility.
- After this course, participants will be able to identify options in relation to advocacy, referrals, psychoeducation, record keeping, legal compliance, and problem-solving for clients who are unable to access gender-affirming care in their states.
Course created on October 16, 2024
Agenda
| 0-5 Minutes | Introduction: focus, key concepts |
| 5-15 Minutes | Laws restricting or banning specific types of gender affirming care in different states |
| 15-25 Minutes | Identifying conflicts between legal and ethical responsibilities |
| 25-35 Minutes | Using critical thinking to manage ethical conflicts (applying ethical principles) |
| 35-50 Minutes | Case discussion – generating options and determining the best course of action |
| 50-60 Minutes | Summary and Q&A |
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Allan Barsky
JD, MSW, PhD
Dr. Allan Barsky is a professor of social work at Florida Atlantic University where he was awarded “Scholar of the Year” in 2020. He is a former chair of the National Ethics Committee of the National Association of Social Workers (NASW) and was awarded NASW’s “Excellent in Ethics Award.” In 2024, he received the “Florida Atlantic University Alumni Award for Impact in Teaching” and the Association of Family and Conciliation Courts “Research Award.” Dr. Barsky’s book credits include “Ethics and Values in Social Work,” “Conflict Resolution for the Helping Professions,” “Clinicians in Court” and “Essential Ethics for Social Work Practice.”
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Financial disclosures: Dr. Allan Barsky received an honorarium for presenting this course. He is a professor at Florida Atlantic University, where he teaches professional ethics. He has authored several books including, "Ethics & Values in Social Work," "Conflict Resolution for the Helping Professions" and "Clinicians in Court." Non-financial disclosures: Dr. Allan Barsky is a past Chair of the National Ethics Committee of NASW and received the 2015 “Excellence in Ethics Award” from NASW.
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