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Record Nr.

UNINA9910639978603321

Autore

LATEGAN LAETUS

Titolo

Healthcare ethics for Healthcare Practitioners

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Bloemfontein, : UJ Press, 2017

ISBN

1-920382-99-2

Descrizione fisica

1 electronic resource (150 p.)

Soggetti

Medical ethics & professional conduct

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Sommario/riassunto

Healthcare ethics cannot be limited in scope to apply only to the patient but needs to apply to the healthcare practitioner as well. The relationship between the patient and the healthcare practitioner has shifted from a power relationship to a complementary relationship. Leadership, mentorship and coaching play important roles in facilitating this shift. Several themes informed this book on healthcare ethics: Vulnerability in healthcare ethics, Decisions between right and wrong, Quality of healthcare, Life-ending decisions, Community-based research, Ethical decision-making, Spritiuality in healthcare