Healthcare ethics for Healthcare Practitioners

• Autor principal: LATEGAN, LAETUS (auth)
• Outros Autores: van Zyl, Gert (auth)
• Formato: Recurso Eletrônico Capítulo de Livro
• Idioma: inglês
• Publicado em: Bloemfontein UJ Press 2017
• Assuntos: Medical ethics & professional conduct; healthcare ethics; introduction; vulnerability; right and wrong; quality; approach; influence; culture; values; faith; end-of-life; decisions; human rights; euthanasia; community; participatory; research; ethical issues; impact; healthcare practitioners; decision-making; processes; spirituality.
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Resumo

Healthcare ethics cannot be limited in scope to apply only to the patient but needs to apply to the healthcare practitioner as well. The relationship between the patient and the healthcare practitioner has shifted from a power relationship to a complementary relationship. Leadership, mentorship and coaching play important roles in facilitating this shift. Several themes informed this book on healthcare ethics: Vulnerability in healthcare ethics, Decisions between right and wrong, Quality of healthcare, Life-ending decisions, Community-based research, Ethical decision-making, Spritiuality in healthcare

Descrição Física

1 electronic resource (150 p.)

ISBN

9781920382995
9781920382988

Acesso

Open Access