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What is the ethical thing to do?   A. Rush to the client's house in an ambulance B.  Wait for the family to bring the patient in and have him detoxified first before an intervention can occur C. Stabilize the patient over the phone.

What is the ethical thing to do?   A. Rush to the client's house in an ambulance B.  Wait for the family to bring the patient in and have him detoxified first before an intervention can occur C. Stabilize the patient over the phone.

Ciccarelli: Psychology_5 (5th Edition)
Ciccarelli: Psychology_5 (5th Edition)
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Author:Saundra K. Ciccarelli, J. Noland White
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You are a psychologist assigned at a tertiary hospital. You were called in because a patient is being referred to you. The family of the patient called the hospital and claimed that said patient locked himself in his room with a knife and alcohol (but he was drunk before he entered the room and this was what alerted his family). He just came from a break-up and was heard saying that he wants to end it all tonight.

 
What is the ethical thing to do?
 
A. Rush to the client's house in an ambulance
B. 
Wait for the family to bring the patient in and have him detoxified first before an intervention can occur
C. Stabilize the patient over the phone.
 
 
 
C. 
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