Cultural And Social Barrier in Community Physiotherapy Practice: Ethics in the Indian context

Cultural And Social Barrier in Community Physiotherapy Practice: Ethics in the Indian context

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Background: Ethics becomes inevitable in the physiotherapy profession as it is concerned with professionalism and patient outcomes by avoiding patient-therapist conflicts and helps avoiding medical negligence.Objctive: This study aims to explore the impedance faced by the community physiotherapist in implementing the code of ethics.Methodology: A structured interview-based questionnaire was framed to assess the perception of ethics, role of ethics and the barriers faced in implementing ethical CONCEALER guidelines by community physiotherapist during their practice.Results: Ethics is important as it dignifies the profession and gains the confidences of the patient and helps in developing a good rapport with the patient.

The most important barriers faced by the physiotherapist in abiding by the code of ethics were the unawareness among the Bosch KSV36AW4PG Serie 6 A+++ Free Standing Fridge 346 Litres White patient and their cultural belief alongside with lack of inter-sectorial harmony.Conclusion: This study concludes that educating the patients and creating an inter-sectoral harmony will be most effective in breaking the barriers in ethical implementation in practice.