Abstract

RIOBOO-LOIS, Breogán; GONZALEZ-RODRIGUEZ, Rubén  and  VERDE-DIEGO, Carmen. Ethical aspects of personal assistance, a view from social work. Siglo Cero [online]. 2023, vol.54, n.1, pp.65-88.  Epub Oct 16, 2023. ISSN 2530-0350.  https://dx.doi.org/10.14201/scero202354128259.

The purpose of this study is, from the point of view of Social Work, to identify the main ethical problems that personal assistance professionals face when developing their functions of helping or supporting people with disabilities, as well as detecting whether professionals consider that greater ethical training is necessary. To do this, a mixed method was chosen through the application of two ad hoc questionnaires. The first, with open questions, was addressed to 31 active personal assistance professionals in Spain in the information collection phase. The second, with closed questions or short answers, was addressed to 52 professionals with previous experience in said professional figure. Through the analysis of their speech, the need to face different conflicts and ethical problems during the provision of the personal assistance service in different areas and situations was corroborated. We can conclude that the ethical training of professionals is insufficient for the development of their functions in quality conditions and with respect to the dignity and personal autonomy of the users.

Keywords : personal assistance; independent living; disability; ethics; Social Work.

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