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Jill McCarthy

Values-Based Health & Social Care : Beyond Evidence-Based Practice - 1st ed. - Los Angeles : SAGE, 2010. - xi, 169 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.

Unlike most other books written on evidence-based practice, this book questions whether this method always leads to the best practice possible and analyses and critiques the approach in a reflective manner.

* The emergence of evidence-based practice / Mike Thomas, Mike Burt and Joy Parkes --

* Evidence-based practice within values-based care / Pat Rose and Jan Gidman --

* Caring: Values and evidence / Pat Rose and Sue Phillips --

* Values of reductionism and values of holism / Thomas Mason [and others] --

* Valuing professional judgement / McCarthy Jill [and others] --

* The value and values of services user / Annette McIntosh [and others] --

* A value-based era in professional caring.

Is evidence-based practice really best practice? This is a hotly debated question in health and social care circles and the starting point for this book.

ISBN: 9781848602014

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Social service. Medical care. Medical ethics.
Social values. Society. Evidence-Based Practice.
Quality Assurance, Health Care. Social Work.

Dewey Class. No.: 362.109 / MCC