Values, Ethics and Health Care examines key ethical frameworks and debates within the field of healthcare, locating them firmly in their social and occupational contexts. Guiding students through a range of dilemmas and difficulties encountered in health care practice with case studies and real-life examples, this lively text illustrates how to apply knowledge to professional practice and decision-making. Key features of the book: Offers a critical and reflectiveunderstanding of health care ethics and values, Presents an interprofessionalapproach, Relates theory to 'everyday' ethics, Includes student-friendly features such as real-life examples, 'thinking about' points and links to further reading. The book will be essential reading for undergraduates taking modules in Values, Ethics and Professional Practice as part of health studies degree programmes. It will also be useful for postgraduates as well as practitioners in the field. INDICE: Health Care: Why Should we be Concerned about Values and Ethics? /Values, Health and Health Care / Values and Ethics in Health Care: HistoricalPerspectives / Ethical Thinking: Obligations and Consequences / Ethical Thinking: The Four Principles of Health Care Ethics / Ethics from the ‘Outside In’ or the ‘Inside Out’? Codes of Conduct and ‘Virtuous Lives’ / The Welfare of the Individual: Health Care, Autonomy and Informed Consent / The Welfare of the Public: Justice, Resources and Health Policy / Health Care Research: Questionsof Values and Ethics / Frameworks for Further Thinking
- ISBN: 978-1-4129-2352-1
- Editorial: Sage Publications
- Encuadernacion: Rústica
- Páginas: 176
- Fecha Publicación: 01/11/2009
- Nº Volúmenes: 1
- Idioma: Inglés