Emerging values in health care: the challenge for professionals
by Hannigan, Ben, Thomas, Huw, Pattison, Stephen,, Religioius and theological studies, Cardiff University; former healthcare chaplain, Pill, Roisin,, School of General Practice, Cardiff University; health service research, medical sociology
Professional values in healthcare are in a state of constant and increasingly rapid change. While all professions now emphasise teamwork and collegiality in practice, fewer are inclined to consider shared or differing values across professions. This interdisciplinary volume expl…
Intelligent Kindness presents a powerful new approach to healthcare reform. Ballatt and Campling argue that the NHS is a system that invites society to value and attend to its deepest common interests; it is a vital expression of community and one that can improve if society, pa…
This text offers readers a radical way of looking at improving the NHS, and the delivery of healthcare by aiming to stimulate re-thinking and re-prioritisation by policy makers, managers, educators and clinical staff.
This book calls on policymakers, managers, educators and clinical staff to apply and nurture intelligent kindness in the organisation and delivery of care, and offers advice as to what this approach means in practice.