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Record Nr.

UNINA9910785159403321

Titolo

Emerging values in health care [[electronic resource] ] : the challenge for professionals / / edited by Stephen Pattison ... [et al.]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; Philadelphia, : Jessica Kingsley Publishers, c2010

ISBN

1-282-76730-5

9786612767302

0-85700-365-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (258 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

PattisonStephen

Disciplina

174.2

Soggetti

Medical ethics

Medical ethics - Great Britain

Values

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

Emerging Valuesin Health CareThe Challenge for Professionals; Preface; Introduction; Chapter 1 Changing Health Care, Changing Professions; Chapter 2 Why Do Changes in Society and Institutions Matter for Professional Values?; Chapter 3 Contesting Narratives: Medical Professional Identity Formation amidst Changing Values; RESPONSE Brian Hurwitz; Chapter 4 General Practitioners and their Values in a Late Modern World; RESPONSE Paquita de Zulueta; Chapter 5 Values and Mental Health Nursing; RESPONSE Bronwen Davies; Chapter 6 Values and Adult General Nursing; RESPONSE Christine Hockley

Chapter 7 The Profession of Pharmacy in the United Kingdom: Changing Values?RESPONSE Alan Nathan; Chapter 8 Professional Values in Interaction: Non-directiveness, Client-centredness and Other-orientation in Genetic Counselling; RESPONSE Heather Skirton; Chapter 9 The Chaplain's Dilemma; RESPONSE Chris Swift; Chapter 10 What Are the Values of NHS Managers, and How Have they Changed since 1983?; RESPONSE Moira Dumma; Chapter 11 Health Care Professions and their Changing Values: Pulling Professions Together; List of Contributors; Subject Index; Author Index

Sommario/riassunto

This volume explains how health care professions and their values have



changed over the last forty years, charting where they have come from, where they are now, and how they might develop in the future. There is coverage of a wide range of professions within healthcare. Chapters are followed by critical responses from senior practitioners.