Values, Ethics and Health Care
- Peter Duncan - King's College London, UK
"[This book] offers frameworks and guidance that all health care workers will find stimulating and challenging and that all of them will benefit by considering." - Professor Linda Jones, Open University
Why is thinking about values and ethics a crucial component of health care training and practice? How can we go about engaging in such thinking?
Values, Ethics and Health Care responds to these essential questions. It 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 reflective understanding of health care ethics and values
- Presents an interprofessional approach
- 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.
Excellent for undergraduates. Topic area clearly explained & use of examples to support key information.
Recommended to Module Convenor to be added to reading list & copies for library purchase.
Although the book is embedded in cultural context it provides th reader with essential information on ethical aspects of health care that are universal. The discussion on basic ethical principles is very well written. The outline and organization of each chapter makes the book very useful both for a teacher and a student. I will recommend it as a source material for group discussions.
This is a good book, but other texts provide a broader perspective for our current first years. We are changing the syllabus and the book may well be better used when we move vaules and ethics teaching across three years of teaching
I like this book because it provides food for thought in that in makes claims, asks you questions, provides examples and will provide stimulus for the reflective process.
Very useful book. I will use the examples and scenarios for the students to discuss in class.
It is also clear enough to be useful for them to read in preparation for class.
I was really pleased to receive this textbook as I believe it has filled a gap in this area. To have a book which addresses the topics of values and ethics from an interprofessional perspective is ideal for my course which is taught to a wide range of professional and non-professional health care students. I particularly like the wide range of examples used with the questions which help bring the topic to life.
My one very minor gripe is where some sections are in a lighter type (eg see page 84 and Summary on page 85-86) which is difficult to read.
Otherwise this will become an essential text for my unit. Thank you.
Excellent book. I can use this also on my Health Promotion course.
Thank you.
Loved the case studies and good examples!
Excellent introductory text that is suitable for students, qualified staff and associate practitioners alike.
A very well organised text that covers all essential areas at a basic level. Usefull text for 1st year students.
