While ethical issues may not be part of every business plan substance abuse treatment necessitate special attention to ethical precautions. As a health care executive considering expanding your substance abuse services, you should be considering the ethical implications.
As you are expanding your services with the specific model you have chosen, are there any ethical challenges that need to be considered? For example: Are you expanding from adult to pediatric services? How might this present different ethical issues? Are you expanding from inpatient to outpatient services? How might this present different ethical issues? Are you treating ex-offenders? Are you using methadone?
