This book is an extraordinary exploration of the ‘ordinary’ and the (often) hidden in health and care. The editors have curated a diverse collection of writers and perspectives, but humanity and nuance imbue each essay. It offers a rich and rewarding read to anyone interested in the moral dimensions of care, recognising that attending to care is fundamental, complex and potentially transformative.
Professor Deborah Bowman, Professor of Medical Ethics, St George’s University, London
This is a wonderful collection of essays on ethics in the real world of healthcare practice. It brings together new voices and more established scholars to think carefully about how we see ethics in motion, not as a set of abstract rules and principles, but as living discourses and practices. This book will be valuable to anyone who cares about practising well.
Professor Richard Ashcroft, Queen Mary University, UK
1 Interprofessional ethics in everyday healthcare
2 An ethics of care transformation of mental health service provision: Creating services that people want to use
3 Dilemmas of disclosure in mental health therapeutic education
4 Reflecting on emerging debates
5 Moving beyond the ‘yuk’ factor: ethical issues and breastmilk sharing and donation
6 Veterans and the ethics of reciprocity
7 In whose best interests?
8 Decision making and reciprocity: public and private considerations
9 We need to talk about ethics and social media: a conversation
10 Patients as leaders: reflections on identity, equality and power
11 Ethics… ‘We do that on Fridays’
12 Reflections on new voices