Copyright

Sandra Schiller

Published On

2025-09-09

Page Range

pp. 205–225

Language

  • English

Print Length

21 pages

9. Ethical Practice and Personal Conduct in Refugee Health

Chapter of: Interprofessional Approach to Refugee Health: A Practical Guide for Interdisciplinary Health and Social Care Teams(pp. 205–225)
This chapter explores the principles and values that underpin ethical practice and personal conduct in interprofessional health and social care, particularly in relation to refugee health. The importance of a shared ethical framework for effective interprofessional collaboration is emphasised and the ethical dimensions of refugee health are discussed by looking at the social determinants of health, the role of critical awareness and a human rights-based approach. This chapter addresses the healthcare needs of persons with refugee experience and the problems they face within the scope of an ethical framework. It also discusses a capabilities approach to refugee health from an ethical perspective and explores ethical principles relevant in research involving persons with refugee experience. The final section considers how individual behaviour and professionalism contribute to effective teamwork and overall ethical practice in refugee health.

Contributors

Sandra Schiller

(author)
Lecturer and Honorary Professor specialising in Health Humanities at the Faculty of Social Work and Health at University of Applied Sciences and Arts University of Applied Sciences and Arts Hildesheim/Holzminden/Göttingen
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5970-6831

Sandra Schiller is a lecturer and honorary professor specialising in Health Humanities at the Faculty of Social Work and Health, HAWK University of Applied Sciences and Arts Hildesheim/Holzminden/Göttingen (Germany). She completed her studies in Medieval and Modern History, English Literature and Linguistics. Her doctoral research explored the influence of political and cultural discourses on the formation of national identity in the context of the United Kingdom. Since 2008, she has led various (interprofessional) projects supporting health promotion, well-being and health literacy among persons with refugee experience in Hildesheim. She was a founding member of the Occupational Therapy Europe Interest Group on Displaced Persons and currently leads the German Occupational Therapy Association’s Working Group on Community Development, responsible for developing occupational therapy services for persons with refugee experience outside the traditional healthcare sector.