Ethics

Introduction: Introduction ~ Susan McLaren and Audrey Leathard (editors)

Section one: Ethics: Research and provision in health and social care
Ethics and contemporary challenges in health and social care ~ Louise Terry
Ethical issues in health and social care research ~ Robert Stanley and Susan McLaren
Ethics: research governance for health and social care ~ Elaine Pierce
Ethics and primary health care ~ Charles Campion-Smith; Ethics and social care: political, organisational and inter-agency dimensions ~ Colin Whittington and Margaret Whittington
Ethics and interprofessional care ~ Audrey Leathard
Service users and ethics ~ Martin Stevens and Jill Manthorpe

Section two: Law, management and ethics in health and social care
Ethical and legal perspectives on human rights ~ Louise Terry
Multidisciplinary team practice in law and ethics: an Australian perspective ~ Robert Irvine and John McPhee
Ethics and the management of health and social care ~ Jeff Girling
Ethics and the social responsibility of institutions regarding resource allocation in health and social care: a US perspective ~ Mary Dombeck and Tobie Hittle Olsan
Ethics and charging for care ~ Bridget Penhale

Section three: Ethics: From the start of life to the end
Ethical challenges and the new technologies of reproduction ~ Brenda Almond: Ethics: caring for children and young people ~ David Hodgson
Ethical dilemmas in caring for people with complex disabilities ~ Keith Andrews
Mental health: safe, sound and supportive? ~ Jon Glasby, Helen Lester and Emily McKie
Ethics and older people ~ Anthea Tinker
Ethics and euthanasia ~ Clive Seale
Conclusion ~ Susan McLaren and Audrey Leathard