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- Title
For Clinicians, Discharge Safety Is a Growing Ethical Concern.
- Abstract
The article presents the discussion on Clinicians creating a treatment plan based on what they believe is in the patient's best interest. Topics include some patients with mild dementia insist on returning home, yet the environment being unsafe and there is no family support; and taking the form of street medical teams, mobile health providers, or behavioral health support for patients living with long-standing mental health issues.
- Subjects
OCCUPATIONAL roles; PATIENT autonomy; SOCIAL support; MEDICAL ethics consultation; RISK assessment; ETHICISTS; PSYCHOSOCIAL factors; DECISION making; DISCHARGE planning; PATIENT safety; PSYCHOLOGICAL stress
- Publication
Medical Ethics Advisor, 2023, Vol 39, Issue 8, p1
- ISSN
0886-0653
- Publication type
Article