Skip to main content

Advertisement

SpringerLink
Log in

MDR-TB, Isolation, and Anomie: Has Anyone Referred to Social Work?

Comment on “The Ethics of Isolation for Patients With Tuberculosis in Australia”

  • Case Studies
  • Published:
Journal of Bioethical Inquiry Aims and scope Submit manuscript

Abstract

MDR-TB and admission to isolation can induce a situation in which individuals are normless, unable to achieve the social goals that they have learned to pursue. Described as anomie, this situation can induce deviant behaviour. Addressing the psychosocial ethics of MDR-TB and isolation, this paper responds to the call for consideration of resource allocation and liberty.

This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.

Access this article

Log in via an institution

Price excludes VAT (USA)
Tax calculation will be finalised during checkout.

Instant access to the full article PDF.

Institutional subscriptions

Similar content being viewed by others

References

  • Mizrahi, T., and L. Davis. 2008. The encyclopedia of social work. Washington, DC: NASW Press.

    Book  Google Scholar 

Download references

Author information

Authors and Affiliations

  1. Victorian Tuberculosis Program, Melbourne Health at the Peter Doherty Institute for Infection andImmunity Level 5, 792 Elizabeth Street, Melbourne, Victoria, 3000, Australia

    Krista N. Watts

Authors
  1. Krista N. Watts
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

Corresponding author

Correspondence to Krista N. Watts.

Additional information

The original article by Jane Carroll, published in the Journal of Bioethical Inquiry 13(1), can be located at DOI 10.1007/s11673-015-9685-x.

Rights and permissions

Reprints and permissions

About this article

Check for updates. Verify currency and authenticity via CrossMark

Cite this article

Watts, K.N. MDR-TB, Isolation, and Anomie: Has Anyone Referred to Social Work?. Bioethical Inquiry 13, 157–158 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11673-016-9707-3

Download citation

  • Received:

  • Accepted:

  • Published:

  • Issue Date:

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11673-016-9707-3

Keywords

Search

Navigation