Download or read book Values and Ethics for Care Practice written by Sue Cuthbert and published by . This book was released on 2017-05-08 with total page 286 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Values and ethics are integralto the provision, practice and delivery of patient-centred health and socialcare. This book, which is an expanded and updated version of the 2008 title Values for Care Practice, introduces readers to theseconcepts and helps them understand how they can apply them to becomecompassionate care professionals. The patient perspective andpatient voice are seen and heard throughout the book. Readersare encouraged to reflect on their personal values and on those underpinninghealth and social care work and to understand how values and ethics arearticulated in the latest Codes of Practice. The text uses activities and casestudies to enable readers to apply theory in their practice. This book will help readers tounderstand why good caring is more than merely a practical intervention; italso requires a personal investment and quality of character that involvesgenuine concern and respect for others.