1. "You feel like family..." professional boundaries and social model aphasia groups.
- Author
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Sherratt S and Hersh D
- Subjects
- Aphasia psychology, Attitude of Health Personnel, Awareness, Codes of Ethics, Conflict of Interest, Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice, Humans, Models, Psychological, Speech-Language Pathology ethics, Aphasia rehabilitation, Professional Competence, Professional Role, Professional-Patient Relations ethics, Psychotherapy, Group ethics, Social Behavior, Speech-Language Pathology methods
- Abstract
In this theoretical paper, we argue that the adoption of the social model to aphasia rehabilitation within group settings changes the metaphorical location of the boundaries between clinicians and clients. Despite a growing literature on group work for aphasia and social model applications for people with chronic aphasia, there has been almost no attention paid to how professional boundaries are negotiated. This paper reviews how this issue is dealt with within professional codes of ethics and what is written more broadly on professional boundaries, and then uses a number of real case examples to encourage further discussion and awareness of this important issue in aphasia rehabilitation within group settings.
- Published
- 2010
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