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Much philosophical debate is abstract: an objective appraisal of the fundamentals of life, yet detached from ordinary experience. Although such considerations have their place, mental health practitioners require more immediate forms of enquiry. Without ‘ordinary’ examples of ‘everyday’ ethical difficulties, practitioners could be excused for assuming that ethics are a remote concept, and beyond their province. This could hardly be further from the truth. The relative ‘morality’ of everyday actions, in everyday settings, cuts across all professional boundaries. Although no common ‘code’ of conduct exists to unite such disparate forces, such an imperative is long overdue.
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Baldwin, S., Barker, P. (1991). Putting the service to rights. In: Barker, P.J., Baldwin, S. (eds) Ethical Issues in Mental Health. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4899-3270-9_11
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