| Description |
1 online resource (xiii, 233 pages) |
| Contents |
Genealogy of the treatment model -- Expert knowledge and encounters with futility -- Treatment plans : mandatory narratives of progress -- Representative payeeships : the deep logic of dependency -- Commitment orders : the practice of consent and constraint -- Coercion, confidentiality, and the moral contours of work |
| Summary |
This book explores the moral lives of mental health clinicians serving the most marginalized individuals in the US healthcare system. Drawing on years of fieldwork in a community psychiatry outreach team, Brodwin traces the ethical dilemmas and everyday struggles of front line providers. On the street, in staff room debates, or in private confessions, these psychiatrists and social workers confront ongoing challenges to their self-image as competent and compassionate advocates. At times they openly question the coercion and forced-dependency built into the current system of care. At other ti |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 205-219) and index |
| Notes |
English |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Community mental health services.
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Community psychiatry -- Ethics
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Community Mental Health Services
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Community Psychiatry -- ethics
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FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS -- Life Stages -- Infants & Toddlers.
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Community mental health services
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
0520274792 |
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9780520274792 |
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9781283919203 |
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1283919206 |
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9780520954526 |
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0520954521 |
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