Ethical issues in the introduction of case management for elderly people.
As case management is under development in France for elderly people, this study sets out to identify and analyse key situations responsible for ethical dilemmas for French case managers. We based our study on the analyses of individual interviews made with case managers and focus-group discussions, bringing together all case managers working in local organisations running for at least a year. We identified three situations giving rise to ethical dilemmas: in the order of importance, the refusals of care, the practicalities of collecting and sharing personal data and the allocation of resources. These three situations can lead to conflict between the principle of beneficence and those of respect for autonomy, non-maleficence and justice. We describe here how French case managers practically deal with these situations.
Université Paris Descartes, France. aline.corvol@dzne.de
Aline
A
Corvol
Grégoire
G
Moutel
Dominique
D
Gagnon
Mathilde
M
Nugue
Olivier
O
Saint-Jean
Dominique
D
Somme
D000288:Administrative Personnel / Q000523:psychology*; D019090:Case Management / Q000941:ethics*; D003220:Conflict, Psychological; D017144:Focus Groups; D005602:France; D006299:Health Services for the Aged; D006801:Humans; D007407:Interviews as Topic; D010043:Outcome and Process Assessment, Health Care / Q000941:ethics* / Q000379:methods; D040841:Resource Allocation; D016312:Treatment Refusal