1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910778049603321

Titolo

Ethics and planning research [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Francesco Lo Piccolo and Huw Thomas

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Farnham, Surrey, England, : Ashgate Pub., c2009

ISBN

1-315-58033-0

1-317-14134-2

1-317-14133-4

1-282-24306-3

9786612243066

0-7546-9038-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (277 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

Lo PiccoloFrancesco <1966->

ThomasHuw

Disciplina

174.971

174/.90014

Soggetti

Social sciences - Research - Moral and ethical aspects

Social sciences and ethics

Research - Moral and ethical aspects

Social scientists - Professional ethics

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Contents; List of Figures and Tables; Notes on Contributors; 1 Introduction; PART I Ethical Frameworks; 2 Consequentialism and the Ethics of Planning Research; 3 Virtue Ethics and Research Ethics; 4 Pragmatic Ethics and Sustainable Development; Part II Institutional Contexts and Constraints; 5 Planning Research, Ethical Conduct and Radical Politics; 6 The Knowledge Business in Academic Planning Research; 7 Ethical Issues in PhD Research Training; 8 The Responsibility to Ask Questions: The Case of Bias in Travel Demand Forecasting

9 Environmental Planning Research: Ethical Perspectives in Institutional and Value-Driven Approaches10 Ethics and Consultancy; 11 Researching Planning Practice; Part III Ethics in the Practice of Planning



Research; 12 Toward a Naturalistic Research Ethic: Or how Mediators must Act Well to Learn, if They are to; 13 Knowledge, Power and Ethics in Extraordinary Times: Learning from the Naples Waste Crisis; 14 Ethical Awareness in Advocacy Planning Research; 15 On Having Imperial Eyes; 16 Multiple Roles in Multiple Dramas: Ethical Challenges in Undertaking Participatory Planning; 17 Conclusions

Index

Sommario/riassunto

This important and unique book provides a thorough examination of the issues relating to research ethics in planning for an international audience. The authors examine alternative frameworks within which ethical action can be discussed and critically describe the key institutional arrangements surrounding the management of ethical behaviour in research.

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910830748203321

Autore

Parrott Roxanne

Titolo

Talking about health [[electronic resource] ] : why communication matters / / Roxanne Parrott

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Malden, MA, : Wiley-Blackwell, 2009

ISBN

1-282-13942-8

9786612139420

1-4051-7756-X

1-4443-1083-6

1-4443-1082-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (210 p.)

Collana

Communication in the public interest

Disciplina

610.69/6

610.696

Soggetti

Communication in medicine

Interpersonal communication

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Talking about Health; Contents; Preface; 1 Why Communicating about Health Matters; It Answers the Question, "Who Am I?"; It Answers the



Question, "Who's Responsible?"; It Opens the Gate for "Resources"; It Promotes (Mis)Understanding; It Guides Effort, Emotion, and Excuses; Summing It Up . . .; 2 How "Normal" Am I?; Compared to the Numbers; Compared to the Stories; When It Comes to Poor Health; When Choosing Alternative Treatments; When We Don't Want To Know; Summing It Up . . .; 3 What Are My "Risk" Factors?; Our Response to Reward Cues; Our Response to Punishment Cues; How We View Novelty

When We ProcrastinateWhat God Has To Do with It; Summing It Up . . .; 4 Why Don't We Get "Care"?; Our Doctors Didn't Recommend It; Family or Friends Don't Support It; We Use Support Networks; We're Managing Impressions; We're too Optimistic or Fatalistic; Summing It Up . . .; 5 Is the "Public Good" Good for Me?; When We Have to "Tell"; When Our Freedoms Are Limited; When Safety Clashes with (E)Quality; What Nonprofits Have to Do with It; Why Public Health Matters; Summing It Up . . .; 6 Who Profits from My Health?; Pharma-, Cosme-, and Nutri-ceuticals; The News, It Is an Industry

The Entertainment IndustryBand-Aids, Crutches, and More - Oh My!; Who Benefits from our Health Illiteracy?; Summing It Up . . .; 7 What's Politics Got To Do with It?; Medical Research and Disparities; Political Agenda-setting and Priorities; Religious Agendas and Priorities; Medical Associations and Lobbyists; Patient Advocacy; Summing It Up . . .; 8 An Agenda for the Twenty-first Century: Increase Informed Choice and Consent, or "If I Ran the Circus . . ."; Make "Personalized Medicine" Personal; Be Timely in the Telling; Fill in the Blanks

Track Your Health Report (. . . and Your Credit Report, Too)Stay Out of "The Big Muddy"; Summing It Up . . .; A Final Thought; References; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Written by an award-winning researcher and professor whose work straddles the fields of communication and healthcare, Talking About Health explores the importance of health communication in the 21st century, and how it affects us all. Organized around six key questions about health and communication:  How 'Normal' am I? What are My 'Risk' Factors? Why Don't We Get 'Care'? Is the Public Good 'Good' for Me? Who Profits from My Health? and What's Politics Got to Do with It?Provides readers with specific tools which which to bette