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Examining trust in healthcare : a multidisciplinary perspective / David Pilgrim, Floris Tomasini, and Ivaylo Vassilev.

By: Contributor(s): Description: xiv, 226 pages ; 22 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780230537910
  • 023053791X
Subject(s): Additional physical formats: Online version:: Examining trust in healthcare.DDC classification:
  • 362.1 22
LOC classification:
  • RA418 .P538 2011
NLM classification:
  • 2011 A-736
  • W 84 FA1
Contents:
Connotations of trust -- Interpersonal aspects of trust -- Psycho-social and psycho-ethical aspects of trust -- Ethics, trust, and healthcare -- Social aspects of trust -- Framing trust in healthcare through case study analysis -- Trust in systems.
Summary: 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:Summary: -Rational and emotional aspects of trust.Summary: -Power balances between the patient and healthcare professional.Summary: -Historical crises of trust in healthcare, the impacts and the lessons learned.Summary: -Means of strengthening public trust in the healthcare system and its workforce.Summary: Distinctive in its breadth and coverage, Examining Trust in Healthcare provides a multidisciplinary perspective of a key element of patient care. This makes the book fundamental reading for students, academics and professionals across all branches of healthcare, as well as an important resource for those with professional and academic interests in the psychology and sociology of health. --Book Jacket.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 204-215) and index.

Connotations of trust -- Interpersonal aspects of trust -- Psycho-social and psycho-ethical aspects of trust -- Ethics, trust, and healthcare -- Social aspects of trust -- Framing trust in healthcare through case study analysis -- Trust in systems.

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, the impacts and the lessons learned.

-Means of strengthening public trust in the healthcare system and its workforce.

Distinctive in its breadth and coverage, Examining Trust in Healthcare provides a multidisciplinary perspective of a key element of patient care. This makes the book fundamental reading for students, academics and professionals across all branches of healthcare, as well as an important resource for those with professional and academic interests in the psychology and sociology of health. --Book Jacket.

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