A template for analyzing ethical dilemmas in discharge planning.
Involvement in discharge planning in acute-care hospitals can produce troubling ethical conflicts for social workers. Using case material, the authors present a model for analyzing these dilemmas. Exploration of available data, value systems, and decision-making dimensions of the situation at hand is suggested as a way of understanding a dilemma and moving toward necessary action.
D000368:Aged; D003220:Conflict, Psychological; D003657:Decision Making; D026689:Ethical Analysis; D004995:Ethics, Professional; D006699:Home Care Services; D006748:Hospital Departments / Q000592:standards*; D006801:Humans; D033183:Interdisciplinary Communication; D008297:Male; D008962:Models, Theoretical; D028681:Moral Obligations; D026706:Paternalism; D010351:Patient Discharge; D026684:Personal Autonomy; D040841:Resource Allocation; D012945:Social Values; D012947:Social Work / Q000592:standards*; D012948:Social Work Department, Hospital / Q000592:standards*