Doing ‘Ethics Work’ Together

Negotiating Service Users’ Independence in Community Mental Health Meetings

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ID12902128
AutoresSirpa Saario (0000-0002-3952-6478, Tampere University, autor correspondente), Jenni‐mari Räsänen (0000-0002-9616-3044, Tampere University), Suvi Raitakari (0000-0003-1485-865X, Tampere University), Bank (0000-0002-2529-6413, Durham University), Kirsi Juhila (0000-0002-5244-3669, Tampere University)
Ano2018
Volume12
Fascículo4
Páginas370-386
Data de publicação2018-10-02
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessNão
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoEthics and Social Welfare (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 1749-6535 • E-ISSN: 1749-6543
EditoraTaylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/17496535.2018.1533991
OpenAlexW2905397411
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas5
Referências citadas24

This article develops the concept of ‘ethics work’ (Banks [2016]. “Everyday Ethics in Professional Life: Social Work as Ethics Work.” Ethics and Social Welfare 10 (1): 35–52) from a focus on efforts made by professionals, to a domain co-constructed with service users and others. It takes an ethnomethodological approach to examining verbatim interactions in review (multi-party) meetings concerned with reviewing progress and making decisions about and with service users in community mental health settings in England and Finland. Drawing on the everyday, micro-level ethics of social welfare practice, this article demonstrates the ‘doing of ethics’ in real-life situations, thus widening the applicability of ‘ethics work’ as an analytical concept. Extracts from two meetings are discussed, focussing on the ethical challenges of supporting service users to live independent lives, while also protecting them from harm and respecting their own choices. While this is a classic ethical tension in social welfare work, it is also exacerbated in the current austerity regimes in many Western countries as service users and carers are ‘responsibilised’ and required to become more self-sufficient. Our analysis shows the significant ethical content in review meetings as professionals, service users and family members negotiate plans together

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