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A common guiding principle of ethical decision-making is to ‘do no harm’, Fat-reduction methods have a number of risks that should be balanced against the potential benefits for each client.
For some people, for example those with diabetes or heart disease, the need to lose fat is paramount and the ethical balance is dearly in favour of attempting fat loss. Conversely, for some people the risks of losing fat, especially by dieting, are so great mat the ethical balance is usually in favour of discouraging fat loss (for example, people with anorexia nervosa, binge-eating disorder or a history of cyclical dieting).
The decision will not be so obvious in most cases and you will need a good knowledge of the potential risks and benefits of your approach to fat loss methods as well as carrying out a careful assessment of each individual client.
The treatment resources available.
Ethical decisions need to be realistic. That means they have to fit the actual circumstances rather than ideal circumstances. You need to take into account the actual treatment resources available, even if these differ from what would ideally be the case.
What treatment can you offer? This goes beyond consideration of your particular expertise and takes account of what you usually offer or any constraints imposed by the organisation for which you work.
What resources can you refer to? The ethics of offering help may differ according to the alternatives available. In circumstances where few other resources are available or your skills, however limited, exceed those of the available alternatives, it may be unethical not to offer help even though in the context of a richer range of alternatives, it would be ethical for you to refer on.
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