Values, Ethics and Health Care

CONTENTS......Page 6
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS......Page 7
PREFACE......Page 8
1 HEALTH CARE: WHY SHOULD WE BE CONCERNED ABOUT VALUES AND ETHICS?......Page 12
2 VALUES, HEALTH AND HEALTH CARE......Page 26
3 VALUES AND ETHICS IN HEALTH CARE: HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVES......Page 42
4 ETHICAL THINKING: OBLIGATIONS AND CONSEQUENCES......Page 55
 5 ETHICAL THINKING:\nTHE FOUR PRINCIPLES OF HEALTH CARE ETHICS......Page 73
6 ETHICS FROM THE ‘OUTSIDE IN ’OR THE ‘INSIDE OUT’? CODES OF CONDUCT AND ‘VIRTUOUS LIVES’......Page 90
7 THE WELFARE OF THE INDIVIDUAL: HEALTH CARE, AUTONOMY AND INFORMED CONSENT......Page 106
8 THE WELFARE OF THE PUBLIC: JUSTICE, RESOURCES AND HEALTH POLICY......Page 120
9 HEALTH CARE RESEARCH: QUESTIONS OF VALUES AND ETHICS......Page 136
10 FRAMEWORKS FOR FURTHER THINKING......Page 148
REFERENCES......Page 160