Dialogue and Reflection Practices

Uses

How it works

Highlighted claims

• Rules and policies about what is acceptable must be paired with structured processes for reflection and dialogue about how situations are discussed and addressed. — Sexuality and sexual boundary violations in healthcare organisations: a qualitative focus group study in mental health and disability care in the Netherlands
• If management does not visibly prioritise sexuality and SBV, professionals are unlikely to take these themes seriously either. — Sexuality and sexual boundary violations in healthcare organisations: a qualitative focus group study in mental health and disability care in the Netherlands
• Bystander-effect training is identified as a useful tool for developing professionals' readiness to speak up when they witness concerns. — Sexuality and sexual boundary violations in healthcare organisations: a qualitative focus group study in mental health and disability care in the Netherlands
• Dialogue about sexuality and boundaries must be structurally embedded in team and organisational processes rather than left to individual initiative. — Sexuality and sexual boundary violations in healthcare organisations: a qualitative focus group study in mental health and disability care in the Netherlands
• Managers can set the tone for open dialogue about sexuality by engaging with the topic visibly and modelling personal vulnerability themselves. — Sexuality and sexual boundary violations in healthcare organisations: a qualitative focus group study in mental health and disability care in the Netherlands
• Clients and professionals can influence management-level policy and practice through co-creative, bottom-up approaches. — Sexuality and sexual boundary violations in healthcare organisations: a qualitative focus group study in mental health and disability care in the Netherlands