TY - BOOK ID - 17534141 TI - Ethics : the heart of health care. PY - 1998 SN - 0471975923 9780471975922 PB - Chichester John Wiley & Sons DB - UniCat KW - ethische analyse KW - onzekerheid KW - analyse éthique KW - incertitude KW - Medical ethics KW - autonomie KW - ethische theorie KW - Biomedical ethics KW - Clinical ethics KW - Ethics, Medical KW - Health care ethics KW - Medical care KW - Medicine KW - théorie éthique KW - Moral and ethical aspects KW - Bioethics KW - Professional ethics KW - Nursing ethics KW - Social medicine UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:17534141 AB - Ethics: The Heart of Health Care - a classic ethics text in medical, health and nursing studies - is recommended around the globe for its straightforward introduction to ethical analysis. In this new edition David Seedhouse demonstrates tangibly and graphically how ethics and health care are inextricably bound together, and creates a firm theoretical basis for practical decision-making. He not only clarifies ethics but, with the aid of the acclaimed Ethical Grid, teaches an essential practical skill which can be productively applied in day-to-day health care. This edition, which is even more readable than the first, includes additional case studies and teaching exercises, contains new material on ethical theory and offers two further decision-making tools - The Rings of Uncertainty and the Autonomy Test. The engaging new introduction reveals the genesis of the Ethical Grid, illuminates the intent and argument of the first edition, and explains why the book is needed today as much as ever. Intended for all who work in health care or health studies - indeed for anyone with an interest in health issues - this is a highly original, innovative and accessible work on a subject traditionally regarded as lofty and obscure. It clarifies a wide variety of complex ethical issues and will give the reader fresh inspiration and renewed confidence in dealing with the demands of modern health work. ER -