Values-based practice in health care : setting the scene -- Teamwork and collaborative practice in modern health care -- Communication within teams and between professionals -- A patient complaint : team meetings, policy, and practice values : raising awareness in the team -- A well person health check, health promotion, and disease prevention : different lifestyles, different values -- A patient with medically unexplained symptoms : applying evidence and values -- A request for strong analgesia : honesty and truth -- Asylum seekers and refugees : working across cultures -- A request for a home birth and other pregnancy related consultations -- Community based care and the wider health care team / Dawn Forman -- Ageing and end of life decisions -- Referrals and the interface between primary and secondary care: looking after "our" patients -- Living with visible difference and valuing appearance -- Collaboration with other professionals : in and outside health care -- Learning in and about teams.
Summary:
This book, in the Values-Based Medicine series, adds the dimension of values to the more usual discussions of teamwork, considering interactions between health care professionals and how these might be affected by differences in professional and personal values. Examples of scenarios based on real-life experience promote learning and reflection.
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