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  #1 laurenmbaker on 02 Aug 15

   

  This study describes Swedish occupational therapists' experiences of encountering ethical dilemmas in rehabilitation and strategies they used to handle the situations. There were 12 occupational therapists' working with adults with developmental disabilities. The therapists were interviewed using semi-structured interview design. They found that ethical dilemmas were common in the occupational therapists daily work within rehabilitation. An example of an ethical situation addressed in the article included a situation where they had to strive and support the client's participation in the rehabilitation effort. Often their relatives or other healthcare providers made decisions for them, even in situations when the client was partly able to make his/her own choices. The occupational therapists' strategy to handle the situation in order to avoid an ethical dilemma was to address the questions directly to the client and listen to the client's earlier experiences of participation in decision-making, thereby attempting to find a way to support the client to make his/her own decisions. More ethical situations are discussed further in the article.
  
  Kassberg, A., & Skär, L. (2008). Experiences of ethical dilemmas in rehabilitation: Swedish occupational therapists' perspectives. Scandinavian Journal Of Occupational Therapy, 15(4), 204-211.

   

  <div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">This study describes Swedish occupational therapists' experiences of encountering ethical dilemmas in rehabilitation and strategies they used to handle the situations. There were 12 occupational therapists' working with adults with developmental disabilities. The therapists were interviewed using semi-structured interview design. They found that ethical dilemmas were common in the occupational therapists daily work within rehabilitation. An example of an ethical situation addressed in the article included a situation where they had to strive and support the client's participation in the rehabilitation effort. Often their relatives or other healthcare providers made decisions for them, even in situations when the client was partly able to make his/her own choices. The occupational therapists' strategy to handle the situation in order to avoid an ethical dilemma was to address the questions directly to the client and listen to the client's earlier experiences of participation in decision-making, thereby attempting to find a way to support the client to make his/her own decisions. More ethical situations are discussed further in the article. <br /> <br /> Kassberg, A., & Skär, L. (2008). Experiences of ethical dilemmas in rehabilitation: Swedish occupational therapists' perspectives. Scandinavian Journal Of Occupational Therapy, 15(4), 204-211.</div>

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