Looking at the current turmoil facing contemporary healthcare systems worldwide, resulting from relentless imposition of financially-based performance indicators, the author argues that a return to a values-based approach to healthcare will create positive transformation. Writing from the fresh perspective of social anthropology, the author takes a highly pragmatic approach to practice, emphasizing the importance of values such as compassion, solidarity and social justice. He suggests that without being able clearly to identify the values and goals that unite their members, healthcare organizations are unlikely to be able to meet the demands of the constant and varied pressures they face, and explains how individuals at every level in healthcare can contribute in practical ways to positive change within their organizations.
This much-needed and very accessible book will be essential reading for anyone interested in a better approach to healthcare reform, from clinicians and nurses, to managers and policy makers, as well as the interested reader.
| ISBN: | 9781849053181 |
| Publication date: | 15th October 2012 |
| Author: | Gerald A Arbuckle |
| Publisher: | Jessica Kingsley Publishers |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 272 pages |
| Genres: |
Public administration Medical ethics and professional conduct Medical administration and management Medicolegal issues History of medicine |
Looking at the current turmoil facing contemporary healthcare systems worldwide, resulting from relentless imposition of financially-based performance indicators, the author argues that a return to a values-based approach to healthcare will create positive transformation. Writing from the fresh perspective of social anthropology, the author takes a highly pragmatic approach to practice, emphasizing the importance of values such as compassion, solidarity and social justice. He suggests that without being able clearly to identify the values and goals that unite their members, healthcare organizations are unlikely to be able to meet the demands of the constant and varied pressures they face, and explains how individuals at every level in healthcare can contribute in practical ways to positive change within their organizations.
This much-needed and very accessible book will be essential reading for anyone interested in a better approach to healthcare reform, from clinicians and nurses, to managers and policy makers, as well as the interested reader.
Humanizing Healthcare Reforms features in the following genres: Public administration, Medical ethics and professional conduct, Medical administration and management, Medicolegal issues, History of medicine
Humanizing Healthcare Reforms is available in Paperback
Humanizing Healthcare Reforms was written by Gerald A Arbuckle and published by Jessica Kingsley Publishers
Humanizing Healthcare Reforms has 272 pages
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