Normative professional guidelines originate in the belief that physiotherapists
place professional fidelity to their patients as their first priority, whatever the
context of their employment. However, physiotherapists employed in private
practices are explicitly asked to balance their professional obligation to fidelity
with fiscal accountability. Given this, ethical knowledge and reflections have to
keep pace with the increasing complexity and evolving professional autonomy of
physiotherapy, which is why exploration of the uniqueness of ethical issues in the
context of private physiotherapeutic practice becomes relevant.