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Ethics : the heart of health care / David Seedhouse.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Wiley medical publicationAnalytics: Show analyticsPublisher: Chichester ; New York : Wiley, [1991]Distributor: New York : Distributed in the United States of America, Canada and Japan by Alan R. Liss Inc Description: xvi, 157 pages : illustrations (some colour) ; 25 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 0471918741
  • 9780471918745
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 174.2 19
LOC classification:
  • R724 .S43 1991
Online resources:
Contents:
About the Author -- Preface -- Preface to the First Edition -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- Pt. 1. Work for Health is a Moral Endeavour -- Ch. 1. Growing Pains -- Ch. 2. Ethics is the Key -- Ch. 3. Uncovering the Basic Questions -- Ch. 4. Problems of Practice -- Pt. 2. The Search for the Truly Moral -- Ch. 5. The Search for Morality -- Ch. 6. What is a Person? -- Ch. 7. Theories of Ethics -- Ch. 8. Obstacles to Clear Moral Reasoning -- Pt. 3. How to Make Ethically Sound Practical Decisions -- Ch. 9. The Rings of Uncertainty -- Ch. 10. The Background to the Ethical Grid -- Ch. 11. The Use of the Ethical Grid -- References -- Index.
Summary: "Ethics: The Heart of Health Care - a classic ethics text in medical, health and nursing studies - is recommended around the globe for its straightforward introduction to ethical analysis. In this new edition David Seedhouse demonstrates tangibly and graphically how ethics and health care are inextricably bound together, and creates a firm theoretical basis for practical decision-making. He not only clarifies ethics but, with the aid of the acclaimed Ethical Grid, teaches an essential practical skill which can be productively applied in day-to-day health care. ; ; This edition, which is even more readable than the first, includes additional case studies and teaching exercises, contains new material on ethical theory and offers two further decision-making tools - The Rings of Uncertainty and the Autonomy Test. The engaging new introduction reveals the genesis of the Ethical Grid, illuminates the intent and argument of the first edition, and explains why the book is needed today as much as ever. ; ; Intended for all who work in health care or health studies - indeed for anyone with an interest in health issues - this is a highly original, innovative and accessible work on a subject traditionally regarded as lofty and obscure. It clarifies a wide variety of complex ethical issues and will give the reader fresh inspiration and renewed confidence in dealing with the demands of modern health work."--Publisher description.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 155-156) and index.

About the Author -- Preface -- Preface to the First Edition -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- Pt. 1. Work for Health is a Moral Endeavour -- Ch. 1. Growing Pains -- Ch. 2. Ethics is the Key -- Ch. 3. Uncovering the Basic Questions -- Ch. 4. Problems of Practice -- Pt. 2. The Search for the Truly Moral -- Ch. 5. The Search for Morality -- Ch. 6. What is a Person? -- Ch. 7. Theories of Ethics -- Ch. 8. Obstacles to Clear Moral Reasoning -- Pt. 3. How to Make Ethically Sound Practical Decisions -- Ch. 9. The Rings of Uncertainty -- Ch. 10. The Background to the Ethical Grid -- Ch. 11. The Use of the Ethical Grid -- References -- Index.

"Ethics: The Heart of Health Care - a classic ethics text in medical, health and nursing studies - is recommended around the globe for its straightforward introduction to ethical analysis. In this new edition David Seedhouse demonstrates tangibly and graphically how ethics and health care are inextricably bound together, and creates a firm theoretical basis for practical decision-making. He not only clarifies ethics but, with the aid of the acclaimed Ethical Grid, teaches an essential practical skill which can be productively applied in day-to-day health care. ; ; This edition, which is even more readable than the first, includes additional case studies and teaching exercises, contains new material on ethical theory and offers two further decision-making tools - The Rings of Uncertainty and the Autonomy Test. The engaging new introduction reveals the genesis of the Ethical Grid, illuminates the intent and argument of the first edition, and explains why the book is needed today as much as ever. ; ; Intended for all who work in health care or health studies - indeed for anyone with an interest in health issues - this is a highly original, innovative and accessible work on a subject traditionally regarded as lofty and obscure. It clarifies a wide variety of complex ethical issues and will give the reader fresh inspiration and renewed confidence in dealing with the demands of modern health work."--Publisher description.

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