Emerging Values in Health Care

Stephen Pattison is Head of School at Cardiff University's School of Religious and Theological Studies, and has previously lectured in theology at the University of Birmingham and University of Edinburgh, among others, and in health and social welfare at the Open University. He is a prolific author of articles and books on the subject of practical theology. Derek Sellman qualified first as a mental health and then as a general adult nurse before studying for a BSc (Hons) in Nursing Studies at Manchester Polytechnic and a Master's Degree and PhD at the Institute of Education, University of London. He practiced as a nurse for many years before moving into nurse education in the late 1980s. He is the Editor of Nursing Philosophy and is now Associate Professor at the University of Alberta, Canada. Ben Hannigan is a senior lecturer in the Cardiff School of Nursing and Midwifery Studies, Cardiff University. He previously worked as a community mental health nurse in an inter-professional team in East London.

• Preface. Introduction. 1. Changing Health Care, Changing Professions, Roisin Pill, Professor Emeritus of Sociology, Cardiff University and Ben Hannigan, Senior Lecturer in Nursing Studies, Cardiff University. 2. Why Do Changes in Society and Institutions Matter for Professional Values? Andrew Edgar, Senior Lecturer in Philosophy, Cardiff University. 3. Contesting Narratives: Medical Professional Identity Formation Amidst Changing Values, Lynn V. Monrouxe, Division of Medical Education, School of Medicine, Cardiff University and Kieran Sweeney, Peninsula College of Medicine and Dentistry, Universities of Exeter and Plymouth. Response, Brian Hurwitz. 4. General Practitioners and their Values in a Late Modern World, Roisin Pill. Response. Paquita de Zulueta, General Practitioner and Honorary Senior Clinical Lecturer, University College London. 5. Values and Mental Health Nursing, Ben Hannigan. Response, Bronwen Davies, Mental Health Nurse. 6. Values and Adult General Nursing, Derek Sellman, Principal Lecturer in Nursing, University of the West of England, Bristol. Response, Christine Hockley, Senior Lecturer, Faculty of Health and Life Science, University of the West of England, Bristol. 7. The Profession of Pharmacy in the United Kingdom: Changing Values? David Badcott, Honorary Research Fellow, Centre for Applied Ethics, Cardiff University. Response, Alan Nathan, Department of Pharmacy, King's College London. 8. Professional Values in Interaction: Non-Directiveness, Client-Centredness and Other-Orientation in Genetic Counselling, Srikant Sarangi, Professor of Language and Communication and Director, Health Communication Research Centre, Cardiff University. Response, Heather Skirton. 9. The Chaplain's Dilemma, Paul Ballard, Professor Emeritus, School of Religious and Theological Studies, Cardiff University. Response, Chris Swift, Head of Chaplaincy, Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust. 10. What are the Values of NHS Managers, and How Have They Changed Since 1983?, Stephen Pattison and Julia McKeown, Company Director, Fulcrum JRC Limited. Response, Moira Dumma, Chief Executive, South Birmingham Primary Care Trust. 11. Health Care Professions and their Changing Values: Pulling Professions Together, Huw Thomas, School of City and Regional Planning, Cardiff University and Stephen Pattison. List of Contributors. Subject Index. Author Index.

There are twelve chapters in all including introductory and final concluding chapters by the editors which "top and tail" the collection of contributions nicely. The majority of these chapters have selected discussants'' responses which in the main are refreshingly critical. The chapters cover a range of disciplines and health service specialism (medicine, genetic counselling, pharmacy, management, nursing) some of which have been much neglected in academic writing.