Gaver K D
Hosp Community Psychiatry. 1976 Sep;27(9):635-41.
Public mental health and mental retardation agencies are under increasing pressure to demonstrate their accountability in fiscal, legal, program, and other areas. The author discusses some of the problems and issures in pinpointing accountability and identifies eight areas of accountability--to patients, to program and management staff, to a chief executive, to a legislative body, to the public, to one's profession, and to one's self. He describes ways in which accountability can be demonstrated and emphasizes that, for mental health professionals, the overriding issue in accountability must be the provision of high-quality care and treatment for the mentally ill and mentally retarded.
公共心理健康和智力障碍机构在财政、法律、项目及其他领域展示其问责制方面面临着越来越大的压力。作者讨论了确定问责制中的一些问题，并确定了八个问责领域——对患者、对项目和管理人员、对首席执行官、对立法机构、对公众、对自己的职业以及对自己。他描述了可以展示问责制的方式，并强调，对于心理健康专业人员来说，问责制中最重要的问题必须是为精神疾病患者和智力障碍者提供高质量的护理和治疗。
