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Coercion in the Community

A Situated Approach to the Examination of Ethical Challenges for Mental Health Social Workers

Bibliographic Data

ID12902119
AuthorsJim Campbell (0000-0002-2702-1122, Campbell Collaboration, corresponding author), Gavin Davidson (0000-0001-6003-0170)
Year2009
Volume3
Issue3
Pages249-263
Publication date2009-10-30
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueEthics and Social Welfare (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1749-6535 • E-ISSN: 1749-6543
PublisherTaylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/17496530903209469
OpenAlexW1967862962
LanguageEN
Citations received7
References cited35

Increasingly, mental health social workers in the United Kingdom and elsewhere in the world are employing coercive interventions with clients. This paper explores this trend in the context of community-based settings, using national and international research literature on this subject. It begins with a discussion about the complex, contested nature of ideas on coercion. The authors then explore debates about how coercion is perceived and applied in practice. They choose two forms of coercion—informal types of leverage, and the legally mandated use of Community Treatment Orders—to highlight the range of ethical problems and dilemmas that confront practitioners in this field. The authors conclude by developing a tentative, explanatory model to explain how and why mental health social workers should consider a more holistic, situated approach to help deal with ethical concerns about the use of coercion

Coercion (linguistics · Context (archaeology · Criminology · Leverage (statistics · Mental health · Political science · Psychiatry · Psychological intervention · Public relations · Situated · Sociology · Child Abuse and Trauma · Healthcare Decision-Making and Restraints · Psychiatric care and mental health services · Psychology · Social Psychology

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Unique citing works7
Citations per year0,5
Citation span2012 - 2026 (15)
Citation velocitycurrent
Highly citedNo
Citation typesNeutral: 7
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