• Int. J. Tuberc. Lung Dis. · Apr 2019

    Multicenter Study

    Provider perspectives on liberty and harm in the treatment of persons with tuberculosis and mental illness.

    • D S Silva, A Komparic, Upshur R E G REG Lunenfeld Tanenbaum Research Institute, Sinai Health System., J Gibson, and C Strike.
    • Faculty of Health Sciences, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, British Columbia.
    • Int. J. Tuberc. Lung Dis. 2019 Apr 1; 23 (4): 405-411.

    Abstract OBJECTIVES To examine how frontline health care workers (HCWs) and decision-makers working in tuberculosis (TB) care and mental health care conceptualise liberty, harm and the harm principle-which are often invoked in health care legislation to justify liberty restrictions-in the treatment and care of persons with TB and severe and persistent mental illness (SPMI). DESIGN Qualitative study of 20 semi-structured interviews with HCWs and decision-makers working in public or mental health from three public health units and two psychiatric hospitals in the Greater Toronto Area in Ontario, Canada. Interviews were evaluated using thematic analysis. RESULTS Three themes were identified: 1) the contextual nature of liberty restrictions; 2) the concept of liberty as a matter of degree; and 3) the challenges of balancing the treatment and care goals of TB and mental health for persons with both TB and SPMI. CONCLUSION Harm is understood by HCWs caring for persons with TB and/or SPMI in a context-dependent manner. This is compounded in the case of persons with both TB and SPMI. Liberty restrictions to advance public health goals entail reciprocal obligations from society, including social protections and additional resources, to ease the effects and range of liberty restrictions. Attention is required to ensure that treatment and care for SPMI does not impede that of TB and vice versa. .

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