ETHICS: CONTEMPORARY CHALLENGES IN HEALTH AND SOCIAL CARE; ED. BY AUDREY LEATHARD

While ethics has been addressed in the health care literature, relatively little attention has been paid to the subject in the field of social care. This book redresses the balance by examining theory, research, policy and practice in both fields. The importance of this approach is reflected in the growing emphasis on ethical issues in research and practice and, in Britain, on government policy aimed at improving partnership working across the two sectors. The analysis is set within the context of contemporary challenges facing health and social care, not only in Britain but internationally. Contributors from the UK, US and Australia consider: ethical issues in health and social care research and governance; interprofessional and user perspectives; ethics in relation to human rights, the law, finance, management and provision; key issues of relevance to vulnerable groups, such as children and young people, those with complex disabilities, older people and those with mental health problems; and lifecourse issues - ethical perspectives on a range of challenging areas from new technologies of reproduction to euthanasia. This book is intended for academics, students and researchers in health and social care who need an up-to-date analysis of contemporary issues and debates. It will also be useful to practitioners in the public, private and voluntary sectors, including social workers, community workers, those working in the fields of disability and mental health and with older people ETHICS Contents List of tables, figures and boxes List of contributors Introduction Section 1: Ethics: Research and provision in health and social care Ethics and contemporary challenges in health and social care Ethical issues in health and social care research Ethics: research governance for health and social care Ethics and primary health care Ethics and social care Ethics and interprofessional care Service users and ethics Section 2: Law, management and ethics in health and social care Ethical and legal perspectives on human rights Multidisciplinary team practice in law and ethics Ethics and the management of health and social care Ethics and the social responsibility of institutions Ethics and charging for care Section 3: Ethics: From the start of life to the end Ethical challenges and the new technologies of reproduction Ethics: caring for children and young people Ethical dilemmas in caring for people with complex disabilities Mental health Ethics and older people Ethics and euthanasia Conclusion Index As New Labour approaches the end of an unprecedented third term in office, this bestselling book asks whether Britain is more equal than it was in 1997. This second volume, following on from the highly successful __A More Equal Society?__ (2005), provides an independent assessment of the success or otherwise of New Labour's policies.