While having lunch in the staff room, Jorge is obviously mad. He spent one morning taking a meticulous social history from a new client. The client, a man in his 20s, was pleasant and helpful. He seemed to genuinely want the assistance of the agency and to like Jorge. Two more interviews followed to set up services, and the man signed a release of information form for Jorge to meet with the client’s physician. Jorge cannot understand why this man never mentioned the fact that he is HIV+. This Jorge found out in the conference with the man’s physician some weeks later. “How do these people think I am going to help them if they don’t tell the whole story?” Jorge fumed. “They come in here and want my help and then withhold information from me. They leave me in the dark. I don’t know what’s going on, and then they think I’m going to be able to help them.” 

The above hypothetical practice situations are designed to help you apply what you have learned in this chapter. For each situation, decide what was done in the situation that was unethical.