Rethinking Healthcare Improvement
Philosophy and Ethics in Practice
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Rethinking Healthcare Improvement
Philosophy and Ethics in Practice
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What is 'good' healthcare? Can we define and deliver it, or will we simply make things better for some people and worse for others?
Bringing together the fields of philosophy and healthcare, this open access book provides a much needed framework for understanding and navigating the conceptual and ethical issues at the heart of healthcare improvement.
This accessible text reveals the contribution philosophy can make to the provision of quality healthcare, combining theory and practice with a wide range of case studies, such as urban poverty screening in US primary care and UK concerns to underpin anti-racist practice.
Throughout, the authors advocate 'pragmatic pluralism', emphasizing compassion, social justice and practical wisdom alongside techniques, measures and outcomes. Across public policy, bioethics, healthcare management, social sciences and beyond, it is a must-read for students, scholars and
practitioners alike.
Table of Contents
List of Abbreviations
Introduction
Part I: Unpacking Improvement
1. The Evolving Field of Improvement
2. Acknowledging Complexity
Part II: Analyzing Concepts
3. Quality is Plural
4. Operationalizing Quality
5. The 'Softness' of Quality
Part III: Making Ethics Visible
6. Ethics and Healthcare Improvement
7. Practising Improvement
Part IV: Rethinking Improvement
8. Radical Improvement
9. Philosophy for Healthcare Improvement
Notes
References
Index
Product details
| Published | 09 Jul 2026 |
|---|---|
| Format | Paperback |
| Edition | 1st |
| Pages | 320 |
| ISBN | 9781350547117 |
| Imprint | Bloomsbury Academic |
| Dimensions | 216 x 138 mm |
| Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing |
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