Team challenges. Regulatory constraints and patient empowerment.
This paper addresses two new challenges to the rehabilitation team. The first is to continue to provide high quality services in an era when government and other regulations place constraints on what the rehabilitation team can offer. The second challenge is to honor the ideal of patient empowerment in this era of policy constraint. Ethical issues involved in responding constructively to these challenges are discussed and practical suggestions offered.
Purtilo
R B
RB
Creighton University Center for Health Policy and Ethics, Creighton University School of Medicine, Omaha, Nebraska 68178.
Meier
R H
RH
D004992:Ethics, Medical; D033161:Government Regulation; D006291:Health Policy / Q000639:trends*; D006801:Humans; D010348:Patient Care Team; D010358:Patient Participation; D026684:Personal Autonomy; D012046:Rehabilitation; D012926:Social Control, Formal; D014481:United States