[What are the different prospects for positive treatment?].
While the concept of positive treatment is undeniably fashionable, the manner in which it is replacing the concept of mistreatment raises questions. What is the significance of this semantic development and what should be deduced from this new term with regard to the effective development of professional practices? Three different prospects appear to await the term positive treatment: incarnating a figure of denial, acting as an asset, or infinitely more preferable, bringing about a questioning of professional practices. But this third prospect is not without its challenges: it cannot exist without managerial involvement focusing on the ethical requirements of positive treatment in terms of respect for people in care.
Casagrande
Alice
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Déléguée Nationale Qualité, Gestion des Risques, Promotion de la Bientraitance, Croix-Rouge Française, Paris. alice.casagrande@croix-rouge.fr
D001294:Attitude to Health; D003695:Delivery of Health Care / Q000592:standards*; D004989:Ethics; D006801:Humans; D008318:Malpractice