TY - JOUR
T1 - Ethical Dilemmas of Participation of Service Users With Serious Mental Illness: A Thematic Synthesis
AU - Heerings, Marjolijn
AU - van de Bovenkamp, Hester
AU - Cardol, M
AU - Bal, R
PY - 2020
Y1 - 2020
N2 - Mental health professionals are expected to stimulate the participation of service users with serious mental illness. This not only changes what is expected from service users and professionals, it
also changes the values underlying their relationship. The value of autonomy becomes more
important as a result. This raises potential ethical dilemmas. This paper reports the findings of a
thematic synthesis of 28 papers on the views of service users, professionals and family members
on the care relationship in inpatient, outpatient and community services for people with serious
mental illness. It puts forward various perspectives on participation of service users, foregrounding
differing values, which in turn can lead to ethical dilemmas for professionals. The key implications for mental health professionals and future research are discussed.
AB - Mental health professionals are expected to stimulate the participation of service users with serious mental illness. This not only changes what is expected from service users and professionals, it
also changes the values underlying their relationship. The value of autonomy becomes more
important as a result. This raises potential ethical dilemmas. This paper reports the findings of a
thematic synthesis of 28 papers on the views of service users, professionals and family members
on the care relationship in inpatient, outpatient and community services for people with serious
mental illness. It puts forward various perspectives on participation of service users, foregrounding
differing values, which in turn can lead to ethical dilemmas for professionals. The key implications for mental health professionals and future research are discussed.
UR - https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/01612840.2019.1667459
U2 - 10.1080/01612840.2019.1667459
DO - 10.1080/01612840.2019.1667459
M3 - Article
C2 - 31990626
SN - 0161-2840
VL - 41
SP - 283
EP - 295
JO - Issues in Mental Health Nursing
JF - Issues in Mental Health Nursing
ER -