Thoughtful health care : ethical awareness and reflective practice / David Seedhouse.

Format:

• Book

Author/Creator:

• Seedhouse, David, 1956- author.

Contributor:

• EBSCOhost.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

• Medical care--Great Britain.
• Medical care.
• Great Britain.
• Medical ethics--Great Britain.
• Medical ethics.
• Thoughtfulness.
• Delivery of Health Care.
• Ethics, Medical.

Medical Subjects:

• Delivery of Health Care.
• Ethics, Medical.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xvi, 199 pages) : illustrations

Place of Publication:

London : SAGE Publications, 2017.

System Details:

text file

Summary:

Fixation on avoiding risk at all costs has created a checkbox culture where everyone is treated according to standardised plans. But people are complicated, and cannot be understood disconnected from the complex histories, values, and environments that shape us. Thoughtful Health Care offers a timely antidote to a climate dominated by endless rules, regulations, mission statements and codes of practice. David Seedhouse explains now simplistic labelling, mindless targets and empty slogans have created a delusion of control and efficiency, obscuring actual patient and carer realities. Using thought-provoking examples from health care and beyond, the book advocates the restoration of thoughtfulness, creativity, and independence in health work. By reading this book, students and practitioners alike will be aided in developing their decision making and critical thinking skills, and ultimately serve those their care better and with more honesty. The book ends with a powerful and practical toolkit that can be used thoughtfully and effectively by every health worker. Book jacket.

Contents:

• 1 The Values Delusion 1
• 2 Labels 32
• 3 Creating Reality 50
• 4 Odyssey 65
• 5 Purpose 101
• 6 Ethics is Everywhere 115
• 7 The Delusion Detector 129
• 8 The Toolkit 146.

Notes:

• Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Electronic reproduction. Ipswich, MA Available via World Wide Web.
• Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

• 9781526414519
• 1526414511

Publisher Number:

99973288906

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.