Ethical issues in the introduction of case management for elderly people

As case management is under development in France for elderly people, this study sets out to identify and analyse key situations responsible for ethical dilemmas for French case managers. We based our study on the analyses of individual interviews made with case managers and focus-group discussions,...

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Authors: Corvol, Aline (Author) ; Moutel, Grégoire (Author) ; Gagnon, Dominique Kokou Mawunyo 1977- (Author) ; Nugue, Mathilde (Author) ; Saint-Jean, Olivier (Author) ; Somme, Dominique (Author)
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Language:English
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Published: Sage 2013
In: Nursing ethics
Year: 2013, Volume: 20, Issue: 1, Pages: 83-95
Further subjects:B Case management
B Beneficence
B elderly people
B Autonomy
B Principle
B Alzheimer
B dementia care
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Summary:As case management is under development in France for elderly people, this study sets out to identify and analyse key situations responsible for ethical dilemmas for French case managers. We based our study on the analyses of individual interviews made with case managers and focus-group discussions, bringing together all case managers working in local organisations running for at least a year. We identified three situations giving rise to ethical dilemmas: in the order of importance, the refusals of care, the practicalities of collecting and sharing personal data and the allocation of resources. These three situations can lead to conflict between the principle of beneficence and those of respect for autonomy, non-maleficence and justice. We describe here how French case managers practically deal with these situations.
ISSN:1477-0989
Contains:Enthalten in: Nursing ethics
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1177/0969733012452685