<p>Believe it or not, another possibility for dealing with ethics in mental health is - law school! I practiced health care law for quite a number of years, and was involved in writing protocols to protect the rights of research subjects, debated the ethics of do not resuscitate orders on incompetent patients, represented incompetent patients, etc. BU has a Center for Law and Health Policy as part of the law school, and publishes the American Journal of Law and Medicine, the Journal of Science and Technology Law, and the Public Interest Law Journal. A JD would prepare you to work in the field of ethics in a variety of places, without needing to be a “courtroom lawyer”. And you’d be employable.</p>