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Examining Trust in Healthcare: A Multidisciplinary Perspective

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Description for Examining Trust in Healthcare: A Multidisciplinary Perspective Paperback. All of us will need to trust the healthcare system as well as individual healthcare workers at some point. But why do we trust 'professionals'? Is it unconditional? As practitioners, do we realise the legal, ethical and professional issues intertwined with 'being trusted'? Read this book for an absorbing discussion of trust. Num Pages: 240 pages, 6 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: MBDC; MBP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 141 x 14. Weight in Grams: 304.
On the part of the patient, healthcare demands unconditional trust in
the professional. But what is the nature of this trust, and to what extent
is it justified? How significant is the fallout when it is abused?
Incorporating sociological, psychological and philosophical approaches,
this book examines notions of trust in the self, others and systems in
the field of healthcare. The text explores:
rational and emotional aspects of trust
power balances between the patient and healthcare professional
historical crises of trust in healthcare, considering the impacts and
the lessons learned
means of strengthening public trust in the healthcare system and ... Read more

Product Details

Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Number of pages
240
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
Weight
303g
Number of Pages
240
Place of Publication
, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780230537910
SKU
V9780230537910
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About David Pilgrim
DAVID PILGRIM (BSc, MSc, MPsychol (Clin), PhD) is a Clinical Psychologist and Medical Sociologist. Currently is Clinical Dean Teaching Primary Care Trust for East Lancashire, UK, Visiting Professor, Department of Primary Care, University of Liverpool and Honorary Professor, Lancashire Postgraduate School of Medicine and Health, University of Central Lancashire. He has published over 60 articles in peer reviewed journals and ... Read more

Reviews for Examining Trust in Healthcare: A Multidisciplinary Perspective
'This book has a lot to commend it not least that it shows the complexity and diversity of the approaches and arguments about trust and trust relations...' - Social Policy 'Though theoretically accomplished, the book is sufficiently accessible for a wide readership.' - Sociology of Health & Illness

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