Chapter 12 Key Terms
supporting a cause or proposal
- Agency
- feeling of being in charge of one’s life
- Apprising
- informing someone
- Client representation
- consulting with the client regarding the client’s objectives, how the client wants to proceed, and then take the action approved by the client
- Diminished responsibility
- reduces liability for a criminal act on the part of a defendant who has experienced certain alterations in thought processes
- Empowerment
- assist individual to take action toward improving their own health
- Enablement
- attempt to make life easier for an individual with negative consequences
- Independence
- ability to do things on one’s own
- Mediating
- speak for a client, settle a dispute, or create agreement
- Rationality
- apparent logical decisions given for unconscious impulses
- Safeguard
- protect
- Self-advocacy
- ability to speak for oneself, have full autonomy, and complete agency
- Social justice
- fair distribution of resources and opportunities
- Value
- respect for the person regardless of social factors
supporting a cause or proposal
feeling of being in charge of one’s life
informing someone
consulting with the client regarding the client’s objectives, how the client wants to proceed, and then take the action approved by the client
reduces liability for a criminal act on the part of a defendant who has experienced certain alterations in thought processes
assist individual to take action toward improving their own health
attempt to make life easier for an individual with negative consequences
ability to do things on one’s own
speak for a client, settle a dispute, or create agreement
apparent logical decisions given for unconscious impulses
protect
ability to speak for oneself, have full autonomy, and complete agency
fair distribution of resources and opportunities
respect for the person regardless of social factors
