Etiska funderingar kring substitutionsbehandling
SubutexMethadoneNational Board of Health and WelfareEthicsSocial problems and welfareNational insuranceSociala problemSocial välfärdSocialförsäkringLaw and Political Science
This thesis deals with the ethical attitudes of professionals working with Methadone or Subutex assisted rehabilitation, concerning the constructed guidelines and directions from the Swedish National Board of Health and Welfare. The central themes in the thesis are: 1. What do professionals think of the rules concerning admissions to the rehabilitation programme? 2. What do professionals think of the rules/criteria for being excluded from the programme? 3. Is there, according to professionals, an adequate alternative to this particular treatment programme? In order to gather information in the subject, qualitative interviews with nurses, toxicologist, doctor, and welfare officer/investigator were made. By analyzing the collected data from a consequential ethical perspective, the result of the study was that professionals consider the admission and exclusion rules to be appropriate, and that there in their opinion is no other adequate alternative form of treatment.