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| Core values in healthcare or why the patient isn't an afterthought | | Author(s) | Alastair V Campbell |
| Journal title | Quality in Ageing, vol 6, no 1, June 2005 |
| Pages | pp 6-9 |
| Source | http://www.pavpub.com |
| Keywords | Health services ; Management [care] ; Patients ; Rights [elderly] ; Social ethics. |
| Annotation | Two contrasting approaches to health care are discussed. The first approach is that of principlism, which emphasises four universal principles: respect for autonomy; beneficence; non-maleficence; and justice. The second approach is the ethics of care that emphasises the importance of the relationship between the cared-for and the one caring, rather than abstract principles. The author highlights the problem with both these approaches, and argues that an approach based on virtue ethics is more appropriate and better suited to health care ethics. By drawing on the conclusions of research undertaken with chronically ill people, the author explores what this approach might mean for an approach that stresses dignity as a core value in health care ethics. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-050714210 A |
| Classmark | L: QA: LF: IKR: TQ |
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