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Care Planning for Individuals with Chronic Mental Illness and/or Substance Abuse Problems: Policy Implementation for Community Mental Health Centers

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  08 March 2001

Christy A. Rentmeester
Affiliation:
Philosophy Department, Michigan State University, East Lansing

Abstract

In an earlier edition of Cambridge Quarterly, in the “Networking News” section (CQ Vol 9, No 4), Larry Gottlieb sought advice on ethics committee assembly and policy implementation for a community mental health center. One concern mentioned is that staff members frequently encounter ethical issues—specifically, questions about competency, informed consent, and treatment refusal—regarding the care of clients whose decisionmaking abilities are impaired by chronic mental illness and/or substance abuse. My response offers a suggestion for policy development and implementation, which may be integrated into guiding staff members of community mental health centers toward a model of care planning that is centered on clients' experiences of their treatments and on relationship-building among clients, community members, and mental health professionals.

Type
NETWORKING NEWS
Copyright
© 2001 Cambridge University Press

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