Virtue Ethics and Integration in Evidence-Based Practice in Psychology.

clinical expertise critique evidence-based practice in psychology psychotherapy practice virtue ethics

Journal

Frontiers in psychology
ISSN: 1664-1078
Titre abrégé: Front Psychol
Pays: Switzerland
ID NLM: 101550902

Informations de publication

Date de publication:
2020
Historique:
received: 14 10 2019
accepted: 03 02 2020
entrez: 6 3 2020
pubmed: 7 3 2020
medline: 7 3 2020
Statut: epublish

Résumé

The policy statement for evidence-based practice in psychology is the most important document in contemporary psychotherapy. In its current form, evidence-based practice in psychology gives scientific research precedence in psychotherapy practice. However, psychotherapy practice's complexity warrants reflection beyond the limits of science. The importance of clinical expert is not recognised in the current policy statement. The clinical expert is necessary to translate psychological research into clinical practice. It is also crucial to identify, clarify and include patient preferences in psychotherapy practice. This paper argues that virtue ethics is a useful theoretical framework for conceptualising clinical expertise. Clinical expertise is conceptualised as the meta-capacity of practical wisdom (

Identifiants

pubmed: 32132960
doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2020.00258
pmc: PMC7040169
doi:

Types de publication

Journal Article

Langues

eng

Pagination

258

Informations de copyright

Copyright © 2020 Berg.

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Auteurs

Henrik Berg (H)

Centre for the Study of the Sciences and the Humanities, Faculty of Humanities, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway.

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