Values–Based Decision–Making for the Caring Professions

Dr. David Seedhouse

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ISBN 10 : 0470847344 ISBN 13 : 9780470847343

Editeur : Wiley-Blackwell, 2005

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Biographie de l'auteur :

David Seedhouse is a truly original thinker and prolificauthor, highly regarded by health practitioners, teachers andstudents alike. Though David has a background in philosophy, hiswork is always focused on solving practical problems.
Professor Seedhouse is best know for his writing on health andethics, yet his work straddles many areas of social, philosophicaland political concern. He has written or edited 14 books andproduced over 200 book chapters, journal papers and other articles.His library includes the highly successful editions of Health: TheFoundations for Achievement and Ethics: The Heart of Healthcare;the full list of his titles is given at the back of this book. Hisprimary interest no lies in the development of software to enabletransparent decision–making in healthcare, local democracy, schoolsand other social settings. The considerable practical impact ofDavid′s work can be seen – and engaged with – atwww.values–exchange.com.
David is Professor of Health and Social Ethics at AucklandUniversity of Technology, New Zealand (where he directs theNational Centre for Health and Social Ethics) and Professor ofHealth Care Analysis at Middlesex University, London. He is CEO ofVIDe Ltd – www.vide.co.nz – and a popular keynote conferencespeaker internationally.

Présentation de l'éditeur :

We have lost sight of the vital symmetry between values andevidence. Values lie behind absolutely everything we do, yetwe allow technical decision–making to dominate every social sphere,as if only the evidence really matters. In this extraordinarily original and compelling book, DavidSeedhouse advocates values–based decision–making as a much–neededmeans of restoring humane balance to social planning, and explainsthe innovative use of information technology to turn values intoevidence. The potential of values–based decision–making is huge andexciting. The final chapter of this seminal work points theway to a democratic future in which everyone s values can beseen and heard, regardless of technical knowledge or socialstatus. Values–Based Decision–Making mostly uses examplesdrawn from the health field.  Like David Seedhouse smany other books, it will be of considerable interest to all healthprofessionals.  But values–based decision–making reaches intoevery arena of human problem–solving, and should therefore be readby everyone who makes plans on behalf of other people. For information about values–based decision–making softwarevisit: vide.co.nz   To join the Values Exchange® browse to: values–exchange.com