Ethical Sensitivity: State of Knowledge and Needs for Further Research

Weaver, Kathryn

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“…The lower ethical sensitivity related to the principle of Autonomy and interpreting ethics in a situation (ability to generate numerous interpretations of a situation and considering alternatives for dealing with it). Overall, the four professional groups performed similarly in relation to the MIEST with statistically significant differences in only five of the vignettes (1,4,6,8,11) on the 5% level of confidence (p<0.05). Occupational therapy participants performed significantly better than physiotherapy participants in two of the vignettes (1,4).…”

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confidence: 92%

“…Overall, the four professional groups performed similarly in relation to the MIEST with statistically significant differences in only five of the vignettes (1,4,6,8,11) on the 5% level of confidence (p<0.05). Occupational therapy participants performed significantly better than physiotherapy participants in two of the vignettes (1,4). Both of these vignettes incorporate the ethical skill of Perspective Taking.…”

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confidence: 92%

“…The development of a measure for ethical sensitivity that uses a consolidated definition and incorporates agreement from the different therapeutic science professions regarding the characteristics, boundaries and consequences of ethical sensitivity will facilitate optimal knowledge development related to care and services provided to clients [4]. The value of a measuring instrument that incorporates ethical issues and necessitates the identification of culturally based expectations has also been discussed.…”

Section: Why Should Ethical Sensitivity Be Measured In the Therapeutimentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Dividing loyalties is about an awareness of moral and ethical principles, their significance in the context, and each stakeholder's needs and interests, and it involves using sources of knowledge (e.g. expert opinions, policies and professional conduct codes) to solicit breadth and depth about an issue [4]. These attributes enable therapists to recognise, understand, and evaluate ethical elements in clinical practice.…”

Section: Ethical Sensitivity In the Therapeutic Sciencesmentioning

confidence: 99%

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A Measuring Instrument for Ethical Sensitivity in the Therapeutic Sciences

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Bornman

2016

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An emerging literature in behavioural ethics conceptualized ethical sensitivity as a critical part of the decision making process. Ethical sensitivity together with an understanding of the client, their needs, emotions and circumstances is fundamental to an effective therapeutic relationship and competent practice. This study appears to be the first to empirically measure this concept in decision making related to the therapeutic sciences, including audiology, occupational therapy, physiotherapy and speech-language therapy. A multidisciplinary measure of ethical sensitivity is developed and consists of 12 vignettes that represent clinically relevant ethical issues related to these four professions. The study followed a two-phase, sequential mixed-methods research approach. Phase 1, the qualitative stage, focused on developing a measuring instrument by means of a systematic review of the following: ethical codes of conduct; focus group discussions; individual in-depth interviews; an expert panel review; and public complaints websites. Phase 2, the quantitative stage, focused on implementing and evaluating the measuring instrument. One hundred participants representing the four professions completed the instrument. Participants' overall scores on the Measuring Instrument for Ethical Sensitivity in the Therapeutic sciences (MIEST) were comparable for all four professions, confirming the multidisciplinary usability of the instrument. Participants were inclined to make grounded Beneficence centred decisions. Participants were particularly sensitive about the impact of the therapist's actions on the individual client, and sometimes overlooked their duty to the community. The MIEST can be used to assess the ethical sensitivity of student therapists (and possibly qualified therapists) and describe the stage of their ethical sensitivity development throughout the course of their professional development. The constructed vignettes make the MIEST appropriate for use in problem-based learning programmes.

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Section: Significant Findings Emerging From Data Analysismentioning

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confidence: 99%

Section: Ethical Sensitivity In the Therapeutic Sciencesmentioning

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A Measuring Instrument for Ethical Sensitivity in the Therapeutic Sciences

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Bornman

2016

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“…The sensitivity identified in our study is what allows professionals to understand the development of their know-how in relation to the vulnerability of human beings, also acknowledging the role of ethical sensitivity in the establishment of interaction with the user (20) . The Imaginative Construction of Care implies the professionals' condition of coexisting at all times with uncertainty.…”

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Imaginative construction of care: the nursing professional experience in a remote care service

Romero

Ângelo

González

2012

Rev. Latino-Am. Enfermagem

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The direction of care delivery goes from the action to the being; a process built from professional experience, which gains special characteristics when the service is delivered by telephone. The goal of this research was to understand the interaction between professionals and users in a remote care service; to do so, a research is presented, using Grounded Theory La construcción imaginativa del cuidado: la experiencia del profesional de enfermería en un servicio de asistencia remotaBrindar cuidados es una cuestión que transcurre desde la acción hasta el ser; un proceso construido desde la experiencia profesional, que cobra características especiales al ser brindado a través del teléfono. El objetivo de este estudio fue comprender la experiencia de interacción de los profesionales y los usuarios en un servicio de asistencia remota; para ello, se presenta una investigación utilizando la metodología de la Teoría Fundamentada y el Interaccionismo Simbólico como referente teórico. La recolección de datos se realizó mediante ocho entrevistas a profesionales que brindan atención telefónica. La comprensión teórica permitió la construcción del modelo teórico de la Construcción Imaginativa del Cuidado, el cual refleja los procesos interaccionales que experiencia el profesional cuando brinda cuidados a través del teléfono. En el modelo se incorporan los fenómenos individuales y sociales, demostrando la vinculación entre sus conceptos y destacando la incertidumbre, la sensibilidad y la responsabilidad del profesional como componentes esenciales de la experiencia.

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Doing Cross-Cultural Research

Liamputtong¹

2008

Social Indicators Research Series

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This new series aims to provide a public forum for single treatises and collections of papers on social indicators research that are too long to be published in our journal Social Indicators Research. Like the journal, the book series deals with statistical assessments of the quality of life from a broad perspective. It welcomes the research on wide variety of substantive areas, including health, crime, housing, education, family life, leisure activities, transportation, mobility, economics, work, religion and environmental issues. These areas of research will focus on the impact of key issues such as health on the overall quality of life and vice versa. An international review board, consisting of Ruut Veenhoven, Joachim Vogel, Ed Diener, Torbjorn Moum, Mirjam A.G. Sprangers and Wolfgang Glatzer, will ensure the high quality of the series as a whole. No part of this work may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, microfilming, recording or otherwise, without written permission from the Publisher, with the exception of any material supplied specifically for the purpose of being entered and executed on a computer system, for exclusive use by the purchaser of the work.Printed on acid-free paper 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 PrefaceDespite the proliferation of qualitative books in the last decade or so, there is not a single book that discusses ethical and methodological issues regarding cross-cultural research. Clearly, there is a great need for a new book that will devote an entire discussion on how best to work with people in our cross-cultural research projects who, I contend, are often vulnerable and marginalised. This book is a response to that need. Globally, cross-cultural research has become increasingly essential. In multicultural societies like the UK, the USA, Canada, New Zealand and Australia, there have been an increasing number of people from different cultural and linguistic backgrounds. Meeting the needs of our multicultural society requires a cultural awareness of the diversity and commonality in people's beliefs and practices. This, I argue, can be obtained by research, particularly the qualitative approach. Hence, cross-cultural research is a valuable tool for advancing cultural awareness of belief systems and practices among diverse groups. The need for culturally competent research is now urgent in view of the fact that current social and health policies in many developed countries attempt to address the needs of multiethnic populations.Similarly, the presence of Indigenous populations in countries such as Canada, the UK, the USA, New Zealand and Australia has a great ramification for social science researchers. The Indigenous peoples of these countries have been colonised, damaged and have become marginalised in their own native lands. Due to a concern about reducing inequalities between the Indigenous peoples and the " white " populations, there have been attempts to include these marginalised people in the research...

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Ethical Sensitivity: State of Knowledge and Needs for Further Research

Cited by 84 publications

References 48 publications

A Measuring Instrument for Ethical Sensitivity in the Therapeutic Sciences

A Measuring Instrument for Ethical Sensitivity in the Therapeutic Sciences

Imaginative construction of care: the nursing professional experience in a remote care service

Doing Cross-Cultural Research

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