'That's My Sincerely Held Principle': Tennessee Mental Health Providers' Perceptions of Ability to Refuse Services

dc.contributor.advisor Monteblanco, Adelle
dc.contributor.author Warren, Sally Elizabeth
dc.contributor.committeemember MacLean, Vicky
dc.contributor.committeemember Dye, Meredith
dc.date.accessioned 2021-11-17T17:03:04Z
dc.date.available 2021-11-17T17:03:04Z
dc.date.issued 2021
dc.date.updated 2021-11-17T17:03:04Z
dc.description.abstract In 2016, then state Governor Bill Haslam signed Tennessee House Bill 1840 into law, which granted mental health providers the ability to decline services based on the “goals, outcomes, or behaviors that conflict with the sincerely held principles of the counselor or therapist” (Tennessee General Assembly 2020). Many perceive the law as explicitly targeting the LGBTQ+ community. Previous research has examined LGBTQ+ community members’ perceptions of this law, but none has focused on mental health care providers’ perceptions. I distributed an online survey to mental health care providers practicing in Tennessee to gauge their perceptions of this law. A content analysis was conducted on data gathered from seventeen respondents. I identified three themes in the data: a dedication to the Code of Ethics, boundary making, and conflicting perspectives. I found that those in the sample disagree with the law, but also have diverse viewpoints on the efficacy of the law.
dc.description.degree M.A.
dc.identifier.uri https://jewlscholar.mtsu.edu/handle/mtsu/6558
dc.language.rfc3066 en
dc.publisher Middle Tennessee State University
dc.source.uri http://dissertations.umi.com/mtsu:11507
dc.subject Boundary maintenance
dc.subject Discrimination
dc.subject Health care delivery
dc.subject Mental health
dc.subject Transgender
dc.subject Sociology
dc.subject LGBTQ studies
dc.subject Mental health
dc.thesis.degreelevel masters
dc.title 'That's My Sincerely Held Principle': Tennessee Mental Health Providers' Perceptions of Ability to Refuse Services
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