Ethical and Professional Considerations in Integrated Behavioral Health

Pediatr Clin North Am. 2021 Jun;68(3):607-619. doi: 10.1016/j.pcl.2021.02.004.

Abstract

Integrated behavioral health models of care offer many benefits for patient experience and outcomes. However, multidisciplinary teams are comprised of professionals who each may have different professional norms and ethical obligations, which may at times be in conflict. This article offers a framework for negotiating potential conflicts between professional norms and expectations across disciplines involved in integrated behavioral health teams.

Keywords: Communication; Ethics; Integrated behavioral health; Professionalism; Teamwork.

Publication types

  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Child
  • Clinical Competence
  • Delivery of Health Care* / ethics
  • Delivery of Health Care* / standards
  • Ethics, Medical
  • Humans
  • Mental Health Services* / ethics
  • Mental Health Services* / standards
  • Patient Care Team / ethics
  • Patient Care Team / standards
  • Pediatrics* / ethics
  • Pediatrics* / standards
  • Professionalism / ethics
  • Professionalism / standards
  • Quality of Health Care* / ethics
  • Quality of Health Care* / standards