Values and ethics / Alan Cribb, Vikki Entwistle, and Polly Mitchell.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Cribb, Alan, author.

Entwistle, Vikki, author.

Mitchell, P. K. (Polly K.), author.

Series:

Cambridge elements. Elements of improving quality and safety in healthcare 2754-2912.

Cambridge elements. Elements of improving quality and safety in healthcare, 2754-2912

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Medical ethics.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (34 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2024.

Summary:

Ethics involves examining values and identifying what is good, right, and justified - and why. Diverse values and ethical issues run through healthcare improvement, but they are not always recognised or given the attention they need. While much effort goes into understanding whether intervention X effectively leads to change Y, questions such as 'is X ethically acceptable?', 'does Y count as an improvement?', 'should Y be prioritised?', and 'if so, why?' are sometimes neglected. This Element demonstrates the ethical considerations and rich array of values that inevitably underpin both the goals of healthcare improvement (what aspects of quality or what kinds of good are pursued) and how improvement work is undertaken. It outlines an agenda for improvement ethics with the aim of helping those involved in healthcare improvement to reflect on and discuss ethical aspects of their work more explicitly and rigorously. This title is also available as Open Access on Cambridge Core

Contents:

Cover

Title page

Copyright page

Values and Ethics

Contents

1 Introduction

2 Ethics and Healthcare Improvement

2.1 Why Ethics Is Central to Healthcare Improvement

2.2 Implicit Normativity in Healthcare Improvement

2.3 Theoretical Resources to Support Ethical Reasoning

2.4 Extending Explicit Thinking about Ethics in Healthcare Improvement

2.5 Ethical Issues in Considering What to Improve

2.6 Ethical Issues in Different Approaches to Healthcare Improvement

2.6.1 Model for Improvement: The Importance of Practical-Technical Values

2.6.2 Collaboration-Based Improvement Approaches: Promoting Collegiality and Shared Learning

2.6.3 Co-Producing and Co-Designing: Pursuing Inclusion, Equality, and Democracy

2.7 Some Questions to Stimulate Ethical Reflection

3 The Practical Challenges of Bringing Ethical Analysis to Healthcare Improvement

4 Conclusions

5 Further Reading

Contributors

Creative Commons License

References

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 16 Apr 2024).

ISBN:

9781009325226

1009325221

9781009325219

1009325213

9781009325233

100932523X

Access Restriction:

Open Access. Unrestricted online access