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2020 Foresight: Practicing Ethically While Doing Things That Don’t Yet Exist

Author: John C. Linton

Published in: Journal of Clinical Psychology in Medical Settings | Issue 4/2010

Abstract

The APA Ethical Code struggles to offer guidance in the rapidly changing field of clinical health psychology. Professional challenges anticipated in the next decade are described, and their implications for ethical practice examined. This paper is based in part on a presentation at the 2009 Conference at the Association of Psychologists in Academic Health Centers held in St. Louis, Missouri.

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Title: 2020 Foresight: Practicing Ethically While Doing Things That Don’t Yet Exist
Author: John C. Linton
Publication date: 01-12-2010
Publisher: Springer US
Published in: Journal of Clinical Psychology in Medical Settings / Issue 4/2010
Print ISSN: 1068-9583
Electronic ISSN: 1573-3572
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10880-010-9204-5

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