The Health Care Ethics Consultant

ISBN-13: 9781617370038 / Angielski / Miękka / 2010 / 209 str.

Francoise C. Baylis

Opis

The primary objective of The Health Care Ethics Con sultant is to focus attention on an immediate practical problem: the role and responsibilities, the education and training, and the certification and accreditation of health care ethics consultants. The principal questions addressed in this book include: Who should be considered health care ethics consultants? Whom should they advise? What should be their responsi bilities and what kind of training should they have? Should there be some kind of accreditation or certification program to ensure that those who call themselves ethics consultants are in fact qualified to advise, consult, research, and write in health care ethics? The distinguished authors ofthese articles are persons with diverse backgrounds, interests, presumptions, and val ues. Not surprisingly, therefore, diverse responses have emerged to the questions posed. Though the book's chapters are individually authored, they are informed by the group discussions that went on during active workshop sessions, and by knowledge of the contributions of others. All of the chapters meaningfully represent their consensus. This is not to say that there were no disagreements regarding specific details, but rather that there were no fundamental objections on the book's basic content among a panel of authors who share basic premises regarding the role, responsibilities, education, and certifica tion of health care ethics consultants."

Recenzje

...makes a significant contribution to the literature. It represents a critical assessment of both theoretical and practical issues facing practitioners in ethics consultation.-Doody's Health Sciences Book Review Journal

Spis treści

Introduction, Françoise Baylis. Certification of Health Care Ethics Consultants: Advantages and Disadvantages, Susan Sherwin. A Profile of the Health Care Ethics Consultant. Françoise Baylis. '...Has Knowledge of (Interpersonal) Facilitation Techniques and Theory; Has the Ability to Facilitate (Interpersonally)...'Fact or Fiction? Abbyann Lynch. Feeder Disciplines: The Education and Training of Health Care Ethics Consultants, Eugene Bereza, Michael Burgess, Bridget Campion, Jocelyn Downie, Janet Storch, and George Webster. From Avocation to Vocation: Working Conditions for Clinical Health Care Ethics Consultants, Benjamin Freedman. Liability of Health Care Ethics Consultants, Larry Lowenstein and Jeanne DesBrisay. What Does a Health Care Ethics Consultant Look Like?: Results of a Canadian Survey, Michael D. Coughlin and John L. Watts. Appendix. Index.