Abstract
This article focuses specifically on the ethically related issues that members of a multidisciplinary team at a home health care agency faced in providing care to clients with mental illness. This evidence was obtained through ethnographic research, utilizing the methods of participant observation, interviews, and analysis of agency documents. Findings are discussed in relation to principles of ethics and include the health care providers’ experience of moral distress when acutely aware that many patients were not receiving necessary care. In a financially restrictive managed-care environment, higher quality services for those with ongoing needs for assessment and treatment are often not adequately provided for. Multidisciplinary home care team members share their experiences in the care of persons with persistent mental illness, including the topics of compliance, safety, autonomy, and spiritual values. They serve as an excellent resource for understanding ways to work toward more effectively meeting this population’s needs.
Subject
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health,Community and Home Care,Leadership and Management
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4 articles.
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