[Fundamentals] Chpt 2 - Key Terms

• Counter-transference : Inability on the part of the professional to separate the therapeutic relationship from personal feelings and expectations for the client; it is personalization of the professional relationship by the professional.
• Dual Role : when scopes of practice overlap (i.e. one professional provides support in more than one area of expertise) or the personal and professional relationship overlap.
• Ethics : the science or study of morals values and principles.
• Ethical behavior : right and correct conduct based on moral and cultural standards as defined by the society in which we live
• Ethical decision making : the application of ethical principles and professional skills to determine appropriate behavior, and resolve ethical dilemmas
• Informed consent : a consumer protection process; it requires that clients be informed of the steps of treatment, that they are participation be voluntary, and that they be competent to give consent. Informed consent is also an educational process that allows clients to make knowledgeable decisions about whether to receive a massage.
• Mentoring : A professional relationship in which an individual with experience and skill beyond those of the person being mentored provides support encouragement and career expertise.
• Peer Support : Interaction among those with similar skill an experience to encourage and maintain appropriate professional practice
• Principles : basic truths or rules of conduct; they are generalizations that are accepted as true and that can be used as a basis for ethical conduct.
• Scope of practice : knowledge base and practice parameters of a profession.
• Standards of practice : Principles that serve as specific guidelines for directing professional ethical practice and quality care, including a structure for a evaluating the quality of care they are an attempt to define the parameters of quality care.
• Standard of care : a assessment and treatment process that a clinician (massage therapist) should follow for a certain type of clinical circumstance performed at the level at which similarly qualified practitioner's manage the clients care under the same or similar circumstances
• Supervision : involves a person who oversees others and their professional behavior. The supervisor may be from a different discipline(i.e. nurse) or maybe a massage therapist who has more skill and experience than those supervised. supervisors usually are in a position of authority, they are actively involved in such areas as development and approval of treatment plans, review of clarity scheduling discipline and teaching.
• Therapeutic Relationship : created by the inter-personal structure and professional boundaries between professionals and their clients.
• Transference : The  personalization of the professional relationship by the client.
• Code of ethics : an agree upon set of behaviors developed to promote high standards of practice.
• Evidence based practice(EBP) : "conscientious, explicit, and judicious use of current best evidence in making decisions about the care of individual patients.
• Mandatory ethics : ethical behavior that is motivated only by compliance with the law.
• Aspirational ethics : ethical behavior motivated by a professionals desire to provide the highest possible benefit an welfare of the client.
• Needs assessment: history taking using a clients information form a physical assessment using an assessment form. the information is evaluated to develop a care plan
• Initial treatment plan : a plan that states therapeutic goals, the duration of the sessions, and the number of appointments necessary to meet the agreed goals costs the general classification of intervention to be used an the objective progress measurement to be used to identify attainment of goals
• Confidentiality : Respect for the privacy of information.
• Right of refusal : the right of either the client or the professional to stop the massage session.
• Power differential : A term that describes the difference in knowledge and skills between the client and the professional; it exists because one is placed in the position of controlling the situation.
• Clinical reasoning : form of critical thinking that targets a specific therapeutic practice.
• Reflective listening :  the ability to restate information in a way that indicates the listener has received and understood the message.
• Active listening : clarifying a feeling attached to a message but not adding to or changing the message.
• Conflict : An expressed struggle between at least 2 interdependent parties who perceive incompatible goals scarce resources and/or interference from the other party in achieving their goals.
• Defensive climate : an atmosphere characteristic of competition that inhibits the mutual trust required for effective conflict management.
• Supportive climate : a collaborative environment that leads to mutual trust into an atmosphere conducive to managing 
• Credentials : a designation earned by completing a process that verifies a certain level of expertise in a given skill.
• Reciprocity : the exchange of privileges between governing bodies.