Ethics: Contemporary challenges in health and social care
Audrey Leathard and Susan McLaren
Abstract
While ethics has been addressed in the health care literature, relatively little attention has been paid to the subject in the field of social care. This book redresses the balance by examining theory, research, policy, and practice in both fields. The analysis is set within the context of contemporary challenges facing health and social care, not only in Britain but internationally. Contributors from the United Kingdom, United States, and Australia consider ethical issues in health and social care research and governance; inter-professional and user perspectives; ethics in relation to human r ... More
While ethics has been addressed in the health care literature, relatively little attention has been paid to the subject in the field of social care. This book redresses the balance by examining theory, research, policy, and practice in both fields. The analysis is set within the context of contemporary challenges facing health and social care, not only in Britain but internationally. Contributors from the United Kingdom, United States, and Australia consider ethical issues in health and social care research and governance; inter-professional and user perspectives; ethics in relation to human rights, the law, finance, management, and provision; key issues of relevance to vulnerable groups such as children and young people; those with complex disabilities, older people, and those with mental health problems; and lifecourse issues – ethical perspectives on a range of challenging areas from new technologies of reproduction to euthanasia.
Keywords:
ethics,
social care,
United Kingdom,
United States,
Australia,
human rights,
law,
finance,
management,
provision
Bibliographic Information
| Print publication date: 2007 |
Print ISBN-13: 9781861347558 |
| Published to Policy Press Scholarship Online: March 2012 |
DOI:10.1332/policypress/9781861347558.001.0001 |
