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DOI: 10.1055/s-0030-1252109
Person-Centeredness, Ethics, and Stories of Risk
Publication History
Publication Date:
02 June 2010 (online)
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ABSTRACT
Storytelling can be a powerful way to reflect on the ethical issues that emerge in clinical practice. This article uses two stories by speech-language pathologists to explore how notions of person-centered practice may influence speech-language pathology practice. Then these stories are examined in relation to definitions of person-centered practice and speech pathology code of ethics to discuss the ethical issues, challenges, and risks that these stories raise. Moving toward more person-centered ways of practicing will require speech-language pathologists to be open to the real lives of their clients with communication and swallowing disabilities. It may also require speech-language pathologists to be open to their own vulnerabilities as well.
KEYWORDS
Person-centered practice - ethical practice - narrative - risk
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Robyn O'HalloranPh.D.
Lecturer, Human Communication Sciences, Faculty of Health Sciences
La Trobe University, Bundoora VIC 3086, Australia
Email: R.O'Halloran@latrobe.edu.au