Handbook of Primary Care Ethics

• Other Authors: Papanikitas, Andrew (Editor), Spicer, John 1954- (Editor)
• Format: Book
• Language: English
• Published: Boca Raton, FL CRC Press/Taylor & Francis Group 2018; ©2018
• Subjects: Primary Health Care > ethics; Family Practice > ethics; General Practice > ethics
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• Physical Description: xxxiv, 419 pages illustrations 25 cm
• Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and index
• ISBN: 9781498769679; 9781785230905

With chapters revolving around practical issues and real-world contexts, this Handbook offers much-needed insights into the ethics of primary healthcare. An international set of contributors from a broad range of areas in ethics and practice address a challenging array of topics. These range from the issues arising in primary care interactions, to working with different sources of vulnerability among patients, from contexts connected with teaching and learning, to issues in relation to justice and resources. The book is both interdisciplinary and inter-professional, including not just `standard' philosophical clinical ethics but also approaches using the humanities, clinical empirical research, management theory and much else besides