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Record Nr.

UNINA9910168754303321

Autore

Toon Peter D.

Titolo

A flourishing practice? / / Peter D. Toon

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Royal College of General Practitioners (RCGP), 2014

London, [England] : , : Royal College of General Practitioners, , 2014

©2014

ISBN

0-85084-390-1

0-85084-369-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (145 pages)

Disciplina

616

Soggetti

Medicine

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Forewords; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Chapter 1: MacIntyre's fragmented moral universe and its impact on health care; Chapter 2: The practice of health care; Chapter 3: Flourishing and the internal goods of the practice; Chapter 4: Concepts of disease and a narrative of flourishing; Chapter 5: Flourishing professionals; Chapter 6: Some thoughts on professional virtue; Chapter 7: Institutions that sustain a flourishing practice; Chapter 8: Towards a ; Glossary; Index

Sommario/riassunto

A Flourishing Practice? looks at the moral problems that currently seem prevalent in health care. It suggests how GPs, other health professionals and patients can overcome the 'moral confusion' of everyday life in the healthcare system.