Emerging values in health care : the challenge for professionals / Edited by Stephen Pattison and [three others]

Includes index.

Introduction -- Chapter 1: Changing Health Care, Changing Professions -- Chapter 2: Why Do Changes in Society and Institutions Matter for Professional Values? -- Chapter 3: Contesting Narratives: Medical Professional Identity Formation Amidst Changing Values -- Chapter 4: General Practitioners and Their Values in a Late Modern World -- Chapter 5: Values and Mental Health Nursing -- Chapter 6: Values and Adult General Nursing -- Chapter 7: The Profession of Pharmacy in the United Kingdom: Changing Values? -- Chapter 8: Professional Values in Interaction: Non‑Directiveness, Client‑Centredness and Other‑Orientation in Genetic Counselling -- Chapter 9: The Chaplain’s Dilemma -- Chapter 10: What Are the Values of NHS Managers, and How Have They Changed Since 1983? -- Chapter 11: Health Care Professions and Their Changing Values: Pulling Professions Together -- List of contributors -- Subject index -- Author index.

"Professional values in the health care professions are in a state of constant, and increasingly rapid, change. If professionals are to work together in teams, it is vital that they understand the identities and values of their colleagues. This multi-authored, interdisciplinary volume charts how health care professional values have changed over the last forty years, and will help health care professionals understand where they have come from, where they are now, and where they might aspire to venture in the future. It examines how different health care groups and associations are responding to changing values, and outlines the practical implications for a variety of health care professions and professionals. The authors also look at what can be learnt about the changing nature of health care institutions, practices and professionas by examining changing values, and discuss how changing organisational and professional values, and the tensions therein, manifest in specific professional contexts. Each chapter is followed by a critical response from a senior health care professional. This book provides original insights into the current state of professional values and identities in health care, and the factors that challenge and constrain them. It will be a valuable resource for health care practitioners and deliverers, educators, trainers, professional bodies and anyone else concerned with the history, nature, significance and functions of professional values in health care."