Ethical Dilemmas: A Reply to Richard Ormerod

A reply to a comment on a paper entitled the theory and practice of boundary critique: Developing housing services for older people by G. Midgley, I. Munlo and M. Brown, is presented. The stated purpose of the paper was to show how the theory of boundary critique translates into practice. The starting point of the model used to inform the intervention is that there is more to the relationship between boundaries and values than the simple inclusion and exclusion of people and issues. It is argued that the comment misinterpreted the model of boundaries and marginalization.