Ethics and Cultural Competency Flashcards
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A music therapist discovers a personal bias that may affect their work with a specific client population. The MOST ethical response is to:
Answer: Seek supervision, consultation, or personal work to address the bias and prevent client harm
Ethical practice requires therapists to actively identify and address personal biases through supervision, consultation, or personal work to protect clients.
Client autonomy in music therapy means:
Answer: The client has the right to participate in decision-making about their own care
Autonomy means respecting the client's right to self-determination and involving them meaningfully in decisions about their care.
Using culturally appropriate music in therapy with diverse clients demonstrates:
Answer: Respect for the client's cultural identity and enhances therapeutic engagement and efficacy
Culturally relevant music honors the client's identity, builds therapeutic alliance, and increases the relevance and effectiveness of interventions.
Which action BEST demonstrates cultural humility in music therapy practice?
Answer: Asking the client to share their relationship with music and its cultural meaning
Cultural humility involves asking rather than assuming, recognizing the client as the expert on their own cultural experience with music.
Electronic health records (EHR) containing music therapy session notes must be:
Answer: Protected with appropriate security measures and accessed only on a need-to-know basis
EHR security and access controls protect client confidentiality, limiting access to those with a legitimate clinical need to know.
When a music therapist disagrees with a treatment team decision affecting a client, the MOST ethical course is to:
Answer: Voice professional concerns through appropriate channels while continuing to advocate for the client's wellbeing
Ethical advocacy means raising professional concerns through appropriate communication channels while prioritizing the client's best interests within the team structure.